Table 1.

Questions to facilitate brainstorming

Question
What kinds of notes do you review during nursing care/documentation tasks?
What information do you need from the system for a particular documentation task?
Which information should be attached to which note (e.g., urine output and vital signs)?
What does your ideal system look like?
What kinds of data/information do you think need to be carried forward to assist your documentation tasks?
What types of data/information needs to be identified to you by the system?
Which data should be structured (picklist data entry) and what should be unstructured (free text data entry) to assist you in documenting?
What is the fastest way to document?
How could the current system be improved?
What would make a nursing documentation system (Eclipsys) better?