| Sumario: | Studies have examined different healthcare organizations' quest to adopt a meaningful use electronic health record (EHR), but there is a significant lack of studies conducted for inpatient psychiatric hospital settings. The purpose of this mixed design descriptive study was to explore one particular inpatient psychiatric hospital's EHR and identify facilitators and barriers to the current EHR's use. A convenience sample of physicians, nurse practitioners, and nurses was utilized. A total of 27 completed surveys were returned out of 210 for a response rate of 12.85%. While there may be the potential for clinically significant information, there were no statistically significant findings from the data set. The current EHR's non-user friendly formats and lack of electronic forms were identified as barriers. Systems that require fewer steps to navigate were viewed as facilitators. The results support the need to solicit information from current users of an EHR system in order to determine the positive and negative aspects of a current system. Doing so will help guide the selection of a new system or revision to a current system. The ultimate goal is the development of a more integrated EHR that demonstrates meaningful use to improve the process of documentation at a facility to potentially reduce patient errors.
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