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. 2016 Apr 23;24(1):67–73. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocw051

Table 2.

Measures of IT Extent of Use

Resident care Clinical support Administrative activities

  • Electronic tracking

  • Medical records

  • Resident ID

  • Scanning medical records

  • Centralized scheduling

  • Dictation systems

  • Voice recognition systems

  • Connection to external databases

  • Expert system

  • Telemedicine

  • Access to radiological images

  • Sensor systems

  • Personal Computers (PCs) at nursing station

  • PCs in the hallway

  • PCs on the med cart

  • PCs at the bedside

  • Portable computing devices

  • Laptops

  • Handheld Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)

  • Wireless touch screens

  • Tablets

  • Databases

  • Networks

  • Operating systems

  • Fax machines

  • Fiberoptics

  • Wide area network

  • Satellite connections

  • Microwave connections

  • Local area network

  • Integrated service delivery network

  • Wireless network

  • Modems

  • Infrared connections