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. 2015 Apr 15;6(2):248–266. doi: 10.4338/ACI-2014-12-RA-0113

Table 1.

Please circle the answer that best indicates the extent to which Not at all Very much
Medical or resident records are computerized in your nursing home 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Your resident care systems are able to interface with external entities’ computerized systems (e.g., clinics, clinical laboratory, hospitals, other nursing homes, etc.) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Resident care systems are integrated with other computerized systems internal to your nursing home
• laboratory systems 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
• PT/OT systems 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
• dietary systems 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
• pharmacy systems 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
• human resources systems 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
• finance systems 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Please check which of the following nursing processes or documents are computerized
____ None are computerized
____ Staff scheduling
____ Vital signs recording (from monitoring equipment)
____ Medication administration
____ Staff workload management
____ Physician orders transcription
____ Care planning/RAPS
____ Historical record keeping
____ Resident acuity/condition recording
____ Quality assurance
____ Nursing flowsheet
____ Incident reporting
____ Real time or continuous MDS/RAI
____ Clinical reporting (e.g. treatments)
____ Other (s):____________________________