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Assessing Nurse Manager Competencies In A Military Hospital, Ruby O. Anderson
Assessing Nurse Manager Competencies In A Military Hospital, Ruby O. Anderson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Military health care organizations need competent frontline managers with knowledge and skills to manage health care complexity and ensure evidence-based practice. With systematic, planned turn over of military managers, more civilian managers are needed to fill permanent positions in military hospitals. The purpose of this project was to provide a better understanding of the competencies perceived by nurse managers at a military medical center and whether they differed by military or civilian status. The American Organization of Nurse Executives competency model and framework provided the theoretical framework for the project. The design was nonexperimental, with an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional approach. …
A Multisite Hospital's Transition To An Interoperable Electronic Health Records System, Valerie Gerene Drill
A Multisite Hospital's Transition To An Interoperable Electronic Health Records System, Valerie Gerene Drill
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The health care industry is transforming into an industry that requires health information technology, yet many health care organizations are reluctant to implement new technology. The purpose of this case study was to explore strategies that led to a successful transition from an older electronic health record (EHR) system to a compliant EHR system at a multisite hospital system (MHS). The study included face-to-face and phone interviews with 12 managers who worked on the transition of an MHS's EHR system in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The technology acceptance model was used to frame the study. Audio …