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Nurse Survey Suggests Bedside Health IT Systems Can Impede Productivity

A survey of health information technology (IT) adoption among nurses suggests that security policies designed to protect patients may actually impede care delivery and nurse productivity, Healthcare IT News reports To evaluate nurses’ opinions on health IT at the point of care, market research firm Spyglass Consulting Group conducted in-depth phone interviews with more than 100 nurses working in various clinical settings nationwide. Respondents reported logging on to patient data systems more than 80 times per day on average, a process that they say is prolonged by the rigorous IT security procedures necessary to access the systems.

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