TELENURSE: Telematic applications for nurses in Europe

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 95.0091

Key words (English)

Nomenclature and classification for nursing; electronic patient records; elecrionic nursing records; nursing minimum data sets

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: HC 1113

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 4. Frame Research Programme - 1.1 Information technologies

Short description (English)

See abstract

Further information (English)

Full name of research-institution/enterprise:
Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève HUG
Unité d'Information Médio-Economique
Institutions de Gériatrie et Psychiatrie

Partners and International Organizations (English)

Danish Institut for Health and Nursing Research (DK), Conser Sistemi Avanzati (I), Gagnalind inc (IS), Instituto de Gestato de Informatica e Financeira da Saude
(P), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (B), National & Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR), HISCOM
(NL), The Association of Finnish Local Authorities (FIN), Victorian University of Manchester (GB)

Abstract (English)

A nursing module of an electronic healthcare record system (EHCR) called NUREC has been developed and tested during 12 weeks at two wards of the acute geriatric hospital of the University hospitals of Geneva. During this test period 27 patient observations have been recorded. The clinical verification phase yield among others following results: (1) the hypertext paradigm is consistent with the nursing care process reasoning, (2) use of EHCR is well accepted by nurses, (3) training of nurses can be limited to a reasonable time. The possibility of recycling clinical data for management purpose has also been demonstrated. Integration points of the nursing module with an overall patient electronic healthcare record (EHCR) are identified. The various integration aspects are: injection of doctors orders in the nursing care process management tool, (i.e. the nursing problem solving strategy): linking of medical problems (diagnosis) with nursing phenomena, and implementing view of the doctors on the nursing care process.
As a result of this work, the University Hospitals of Geneva have decided to introduce an electronic nursing record based on the principles of NUREC in most of the wards of the hospital. This module will be integrate with the overall project of electronic patient records at the hospital.
The architecture of NUREC will also be used in Denmark for the development of electronic nursing records. This module will be integrated in the overall architecture of electronic patient records through the Synex project.
The valorisation of the b version of ICNP and further clinical testing of this nomenclature will be performed as part of the TELENURS-ID project.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
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Swiss Project-Number: 95.0091