JAMDA
Volume 11, Issue 7 , Pages 485-493 , September 2010

Cost, Staffing and Quality Impact of Bedside Electronic Medical Record (EMR) in Nursing Homes

  • Marilyn J. Rantz, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Sinclair School of Nursing and Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Marilyn J. Rantz, PhD, RN, FAAN, Sinclair School of Nursing and Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
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  • Lanis Hicks, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Health Management and Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
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  • Gregory F. Petroski, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
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  • Richard W. Madsen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
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  • Greg Alexander, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Sinclair School of Nursing and Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
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  • Colleen Galambos, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Work, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
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  • Vicki Conn, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Sinclair School of Nursing and Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
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  • Jill Scott-Cawiezell, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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  • Mary Zwygart-Stauffacher, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI
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  • Leslie Greenwald, PhD

      Affiliations

    • RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC

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 Evaluation activities were supported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for work completed for the project funded in response to RFP-CMS-03–001/DB. Opinions are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent CMS.

PII: S1525-8610(09)00413-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.11.010

JAMDA
Volume 11, Issue 7 , Pages 485-493 , September 2010

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