Computerized electronic nursing staffs' daily records system in the “A” psychiatric hospital: Present situation and future prospects

Abstract

At the “A” psychiatric hospital, previously nurses used paper-based nursing staffs' daily records. We aimed to manage the higher quality nursing and introduced “electronic management system for nursing staffs' daily records system (ENSDR)” interlocked with “Psychoms ®” into this hospital. Some good effects were achieved by introducing this system. However, some problems have been left in this system. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the current situation and challenges which brought out by using ENSDR, and to indicate the future direction of the development.