O acolhimento com avaliação e classificação de risco representa importante estratégia na reorganização dos serviços de urgência e emergência hospitalares, caracterizados pela crescente demanda, superlotação e longo tempo de espera. Os protocolos de avaliação e classificação de risco favorecem o direcionamento da atuação do enfermeiro e da equipe de saúde na priorização dos pacientes que apresentam maior gravidade e necessitam de atendimento rápido, conforme critérios que determinam a clareza e racionalidade dos fluxos, para alcance de maior qualidade da assistência em saúde. Nessa perspectiva, os registros eletrônicos no prontuário do paciente são ferramentas que permitem analisar a aplicabilidade e efetividade da avaliação com classificação de risco, nos diferentes níveis de complexidade, espaços e momentos do cuidado nos serviços de saúde. Trata-se de um estudo retrospectivo, descritivo e correlacional, com objetivo de analisar a evolução dos pacientes atendidos na Unidade de Pronto Atendimento de um hospital privado, segundo protocolo de classificação de risco baseado no escore de alerta modificado (Modified Early Warning Score), por meio dos registros eletrônicos de pacientes atendidos no mês de novembro de 2016. A coleta de dados ocorreu no período de setembro a novembro de 2017. A amostra contemplou a análise dos registros de 325 prontuários de pacientes classificados como urgência e emergência (Modified Early Warning Score maior que 3). A análise estatística dos dados contemplou a caracterização da amostra e a identificação da classificação de risco (análise descritiva por meio de frequências absolutas e relativas), os desfechos secundários mortalidade, alta/transferência (teste de qui-quadrado de Pearson e Teste Exato de Fisher) e tempo de permanência entre os grupos analisados (Correlação de Spearman), na análise estatística adoutou-se o nível de significância ?=0,05. A maioria dos participantes da pesquisa era do sexo feminino - 193 (59,4%), com média de idade de 54,6 anos (desvio-padrão=20,8), sendo 141 (43,3%) com idade maior que 60 anos. O maior número de atendimentos ocorreu às segundas e quartas-feiras, respectivamente 60 (18,5%) e 58 (17,8%), no período das 7h às 18h59min (208 - 64%). Os escores de Modified Early Warning Score registrados no atendimento inicial dos pacientes apresentaram variação de 0 a 7, sendo 288 (88,6%) com Modified Early Warning Score de 1 a 2, 10 (3,2%) com Modified Early Warning Score 0 e 27 (8,3%) com Modified Early Warning Score maior ou igual a 3. Da amostra, 70 (21,7%) dos pacientes internaram, dos quais 8 (11,42%) foram a óbito. Foi evidenciada diferença estatisticamente significante em relação ao Modified Early Warning Score no atendimento inicial e ocorrência de internação hospitalar (p<0,001) e transferências durante a internação (p=0,008). Também foi identificada correlação entre o tempo de internação e o Modified Early Warning Score registrado nas primeiras 24 horas (p=0,010) e 48 horas (p=0,022), assim como em relação ao Modified Early Warning Score 24 horas (p=0,0019) e 48 horas (p=0,007) e evolução para óbito. Os resultados evidenciam a importância da aplicação do Modified Early Warning Score em conjunto com outros protocolos institucionais, sustentados por investimentos na capacitação e habilitação dos profissionais para acolhimento e avaliação qualificados, ações imediatas e resolutivas, visando o alcance de uma rede assistencial integrada, estruturada e organizada no atendimento às urgências e emergências, enquanto importante componente do sistema de atenção à saúde das pessoas / Reception with risk assessment and classification represents an important strategy in the reorganization of hospital emergency and emergency services, characterized by increasing demand, overcrowding and long waiting times. The protocols of risk assessment and classification favor the direction of the nurse and health team in the prioritization of patients who present greater severity and require rapid care, according to criteria that determines the clarity and rationality of the flows, to reach higher quality of health care. In this perspective, the electronic records in the patient\'s chart are tools that allow us to analyze the applicability and effectiveness of the evaluation with risk classification, in the different levels of complexity, spaces and moments of care in health services. This is a retrospective, descriptive and correlational study aimed at analyzing the evolution of the patients treated at the Emergency Care Unit of a private hospital, according to a modified risk assessment protocol based on the modified Early Warning Score (MEWS), through the electronic records of patients attended in November 2016. Data collection occurred from September to November 2017. The sample included the analysis of the records of 325 medical records of patients classified as urgency and emergency (MEWS major than three). The statistical analysis of the data included the characterization of the sample and the identification of the risk classification (descriptive analysis using absolute and relative frequencies), the secondary outcomes mortality, discharge / transfer (Pearson\'s Chi-square test and Fisher\'s exact test) and (Spearman\'s correllation), with a significance level of ?=0,05. Most of the participants were females 193 (59.4%), with an average age of 54.6 years (SD = 20.8), 141 (43.3%) were older than 60 years. The highest number of visits occurred on Mondays and Wednesdays, respectively 60 (18.5%) and 58 (17.8%), from 7:00 a.m. to 6:59 p.m. (208-64%). The MEWS scores recorded in the initial care of patients presented a variation from zero to seven, 288 (88.6%) with MEWS one to two, 10 (3.2%) with MEWS zero and 27 (8.3%) with MEWS greater than or equal to three. Of the sample, 70 (21.7%) of the patients admitted, 8 (11.42%) of whom died. It was evidenced a statistically significant difference in relation to the MEWS in the initial care and the occurrence of hospital admission (p <0.001) and transfers during hospitalization (p = 0.008). It was also identified a correlation between hospitalization time and the MEWS recorded in the first 24 hours (p = 0.010) and 48 hours (p = 0.022), as well as in relation to MEWS 24 hours (p = 0.0019) and 48 hours (p = 0.007) and evolution to death. The results show the importance of applying the MEWS in conjunction with other institutional protocols, supported by investments in training and qualification of professionals for qualified reception and evaluation, immediate and resolute actions, aiming at the achievement of an integrated, structured and organized assistance network in the emergency and emergency services, as an important component of the health care system for people

Objetivo: Avaliar a satisfação e expectativas dos pacientes e médicos antes e depois da implantação de um registro médico eletrônico (RME) de pacientes no ambulatório de clínica médica de um hospital universitário. Métodos: Foram realizadas 389 entrevistas com pacientes e 151 com médicos antes e depois da implantação de um RME comercial no ambulatório de Clínica Médica do Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil. Os médicos foram categorizados por seus anos de graduação (10 anos ou menos e mais de 10 anos). As respostas ao questionário dadas pelos médicos foram classificadas como favorável ou contra o uso de RME, antes e depois da implantação do sistema, recebendo 1 ou 0 pontos, respectivamente. A soma destes pontos gerou uma pontuação analisada por regressão múltipla para determinar quais os fatores que contribuem para a aceitação de RME pelos médicos. Para se avaliar o comportamento de pacientes e médicos em um período em que a implantação já havia entrado na rotina, realizou-se uma terceira etapa de entrevistas com pacientes e médicos. Resultados: O grau de satisfação do paciente era o mesmo antes e depois da implantação (p > 0,05). O tempo de espera para ser atendido foi maior após a implantação de RME (p < 0,0001), embora a percepção dos pacientes tenha apontado para uma direção diferente (p=0,0186). Médicos formados há menos de 10 anos já tinham usado os registros eletrônicos em outros hospitais e clínicas (p=0,0141). Estes médicos tinham expectativas mais positivas antes da implantação (p=0,0018). Este otimismo foi reduzido após a implantação, devido ao mau funcionamento do sistema durante a fase inicial (p=0,0229). A utilização do RME foi maior pelos médicos mais jovens (p < 0,0001). Na terceira avaliação os pacientes mostraram-se muito satisfeitos com o atendimento (porcentagem de mais de 90%). Percebiam a utilização do computador durante a consulta e valorizavam essa utilização. Os médicos com 10 anos ou menos de graduação, percebiam e valorizavam mais as facilidades do registro eletrônico e o utilizavam mais. Em 11 de 18 questões específicas sobre o desempenho de tarefas clínicas os médicos mais jovens julgaram mais fácil utilizar o RME, do que os médicos mais antigos p < 0,05. Questionados especificamente sobre a satisfação com o RME, os médicos mais jovens responderam \"boa\" e \"excelente\" em maior proporção do que os com mais de 10 anos de formados (p=0,0011) / Objective: To evaluate the satisfaction and expectations of patients and physicians before and after the implementation of an electronic medical record (EMR) in internal medicine outpatient clinic of a university hospital. Methods: We conducted 389 interviews with patients and 151 with doctors before and after the implementation of a commercial RME in internal medicine outpatient clinic of the Hospital das Clinicas, University of São Paulo, Brazil. Doctors were categorized by their graduate years (10 years or less and more than 10 years). The answers to the questionnaire given by doctors were classified as favorable or against the use of EMR, before and after the implementation of the system, receiving 1 or 0 points, respectively. The sum of the points generated scores analyzed by multiple regression to determine the factors that contribute to the acceptance of EMR by doctors. To evaluate the behavior of patients and doctors in a period when the implementation had already entered the routine, a third stage of interviews with patients and doctors was carried out. Results: The degree of patient satisfaction was the same before and after implantation (p > 0.05). The waiting time to be attended was increased after the implementation of EMR (p < 0.0001), although the perception of patients has pointed to a different direction (p=0.0186). Doctors graduated less than 10 years had already used the electronic records in other hospitals and clinics (p=0.0141). These doctors had more positive expectations before implantation (p=0.0018). This optimism was reduced after implantation, due to system malfunction during the initial phase (p=0.0229). Utilization of EMR was higher by younger physicians (p < 0.0001). The third evaluation showed the patients were very satisfied with the service (over 90%). They noticed the use of the computer during the consultation and valued such use. Doctors with 10 or less graduation years, perceived and valued more the facilities of electronic medical records and used more. In 11 of 18 specific questions about the performance of clinical tasks younger doctors deemed it easier to use the electronic medical record, than older physicians (p < 0.05). When asked specifically about satisfaction with EMR, younger physicians responded \"good\" and \"excellent\" in greater proportion than the old physicians (p=0.0011)

Over 700,000 adverse drug events (ADEs) result in emergency hospital visits annually, and many of these ADEs are preventable through the use of health information technology in hospitals. However, only 12.6% of U.S. hospitals have developed the capacity to adopt closed-loop electronic medical records (EMR). Organizational complexity may be a major factor influencing hospitals' adoption of closed-loop EMR. This quantitative study explored how organizational complexity influenced hospitals' adoption of closed-loop EMR. Diffusion of innovation theory was the foundation for this study. Logistic regression was used to establish possible relationships between organizational complexity and hospitals' adoption of EMR for closed-loop medication therapy management. Secondary data from Health Information and Management Systems Society were examined to explore the relationship between organization complexity and hospitals' adoption of EMR for closed-loop medication therapy. The research questions explored whether vendor selection strategy, structural complexity, and management structure influence hospitals' adoption of EMR for closed-loop medication therapy management. The results indicated that all three variables, vendor selection strategy, structural complexity, and management structure, are statistically significant predictors of hospitals' adoption of EMR for closed-loop medication therapy management. Results from this study may promote positive social change by enhancing hospitals' adoption of EMR for closed-loop medication therapy management, which may therefore help improve the quality, efficiency, and safety of health care delivery in U.S. hospitals.

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<p>Den dokumentation som görs i patientjournaler får allt större betydelse för patientens säkerhet och delaktighet samt för uppföljning och utveckling av vårdens kvalitet. IT-stöd ökar informationens tillgänglighet, men studier visar på brister vad gäller struktur och innehåll.</p><p>Syftet med denna studie var att kartlägga i vilken omfattning dubbeldokumentation förekom i den tvärprofessionella, elektroniska patientjournalen, relaterat till sjuksköterskans dokumentation (delstudie I), samt att undersöka personals uppfattningar om dubbeldokumentation och värdet av att använda egen och annan professions dokumentation (delstudie II).</p><p>Studien genomfördes på ett länsdelssjukhus där datorjournaler använts i ca 10 år. Trettio strokepatienters journaler analyserades utifrån VIPS-modellens sökord och arbetsterapeuter, läkare, sjukgymnaster och sjuksköterskor (N = 111) besvarade en studiespecifik enkät.</p><p>Resultatet visade att 15 % av innehållet i omvårdnadsdokumentationen (exklusive epikris) också fanns dokumenterat på annan plats i journalen, en eller flera gånger. Av omvårdnadsanamnesernas innehåll var 43 % dubbeldokumenterat. Motsvarande andel för omvårdnadsstatus och omvårdnadsåtgärder var 6 % respektive 10 %. När det gäller omvårdnadsepikriserna var 41 % av innehållet även dokumenterat i annan professions epikris. Dubbeldokumentationer förekom oftare mellan sjuksköterska och läkare än mellan sjuksköterska och arbetsterapeut/sjukgymnast. Samtliga professioner ansåg det värdefullt att kunna ta del av varandras dokumentation. Läkarens dokumentation följdes i stor utsträckning av alla. Arbetsterapeuter, sjukgymnaster och sjuksköterskor följde varandras dokumentation i stor utsträckning. Det var vanligare att man sökte specifik information än läste dokumentationen för att skaffa sig en helhetsbild. Sjuksköterskor sökte också ofta information för att i sin tur lämna denna vidare. Dubbeldokumentation ansågs förekomma mest inom journalens anamnesdel. Tänkbara orsaker till dubbeldokumentation ansågs vara att man inte läser vad andra har dokumenterat, att man vill visa vad som gjorts samt att diktaten skrivs in för sent. Vid jämförelse mellan sjuksköterskor med äldre utbildning respektive de med utbildning enligt 1993 års studieordning visades att sjuksköterskor med äldre utbildning instämde i högre utsträckning till att dubbeldokumentation ofta förekommer mellan läkare och sjuksköterska.</p><p>För att undvika onödig dubbeldokumentation krävs, förutom att aktuell information finns tillgänglig, att roller och ansvarsförhållanden mellan professionerna tydliggjorts.</p> / <p>The documentation made in patients’ charts is becoming of greater importance for the safety and involvement of patients and for the follow up and development of the quality of care. IT support increases the accessibility of information, but studies even show deficits pertaining to structure and content. The aim for this study was to survey to what extent double documentation occurs in multiprofessional, electronic patient charts, related to the nurse’s documentation and to investigate staffs’ understanding of the value and usage of other professionals’ documentation.</p><p>The study was conducted at a county hospital where computer charts have been in use for about 10 years. Thirty stroke patients’ charts were analysed on the basis of the VIPS models key words and occupational therapists, physicians, physiotherapists, and nurses completed a study specific survey.</p><p>The results showed that 15% of the content in nursing care documentation (excluding epicrisis) was also documented in other places in the chart, one or more times. Of the content of the nursing anamnesis 43% were double documented. The corresponding share of the nursing status and nursing interventions were 6% respectively 10%. When it comes to nursing epicrisis 41% of the content was also documented in other professionals’ epicrisis. Double documentation occurs more often between nurses and physicians than between nurses and occupational therapists/physiotherapists.</p><p>All of the occupations considered that it is valuable to be able to take part in each others documentation. Physicians’ documentation was followed to a great extent by all. Occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and nurses followed each others documentation to a great extent. It was more common to seek specific information that to read the documentation in order to acquire an overall picture. Nurses sought also often information which in turn was given to others. Double documentation was considered to occur mostly in the section of the chart for anamnesis. Conceivable reasons for double documentation were considered to be caused by not reading what others had documented, to show what had been done, and that dictation was written in too late. At a comparison between nurses with an older education and those with an education according to the 1993 curriculum showed that nurses with an older education agreed to a greater extent that double documentation occurred between physicians and nurses.</p><p>Avoiding unnecessary double documentation demands, besides that current information is available, that the conditions of rolls and responsibilities between professionals are clarified.</p>

Den dokumentation som görs i patientjournaler får allt större betydelse för patientens säkerhet och delaktighet samt för uppföljning och utveckling av vårdens kvalitet. IT-stöd ökar informationens tillgänglighet, men studier visar på brister vad gäller struktur och innehåll. Syftet med denna studie var att kartlägga i vilken omfattning dubbeldokumentation förekom i den tvärprofessionella, elektroniska patientjournalen, relaterat till sjuksköterskans dokumentation (delstudie I), samt att undersöka personals uppfattningar om dubbeldokumentation och värdet av att använda egen och annan professions dokumentation (delstudie II). Studien genomfördes på ett länsdelssjukhus där datorjournaler använts i ca 10 år. Trettio strokepatienters journaler analyserades utifrån VIPS-modellens sökord och arbetsterapeuter, läkare, sjukgymnaster och sjuksköterskor (N = 111) besvarade en studiespecifik enkät. Resultatet visade att 15 % av innehållet i omvårdnadsdokumentationen (exklusive epikris) också fanns dokumenterat på annan plats i journalen, en eller flera gånger. Av omvårdnadsanamnesernas innehåll var 43 % dubbeldokumenterat. Motsvarande andel för omvårdnadsstatus och omvårdnadsåtgärder var 6 % respektive 10 %. När det gäller omvårdnadsepikriserna var 41 % av innehållet även dokumenterat i annan professions epikris. Dubbeldokumentationer förekom oftare mellan sjuksköterska och läkare än mellan sjuksköterska och arbetsterapeut/sjukgymnast. Samtliga professioner ansåg det värdefullt att kunna ta del av varandras dokumentation. Läkarens dokumentation följdes i stor utsträckning av alla. Arbetsterapeuter, sjukgymnaster och sjuksköterskor följde varandras dokumentation i stor utsträckning. Det var vanligare att man sökte specifik information än läste dokumentationen för att skaffa sig en helhetsbild. Sjuksköterskor sökte också ofta information för att i sin tur lämna denna vidare. Dubbeldokumentation ansågs förekomma mest inom journalens anamnesdel. Tänkbara orsaker till dubbeldokumentation ansågs vara att man inte läser vad andra har dokumenterat, att man vill visa vad som gjorts samt att diktaten skrivs in för sent. Vid jämförelse mellan sjuksköterskor med äldre utbildning respektive de med utbildning enligt 1993 års studieordning visades att sjuksköterskor med äldre utbildning instämde i högre utsträckning till att dubbeldokumentation ofta förekommer mellan läkare och sjuksköterska. För att undvika onödig dubbeldokumentation krävs, förutom att aktuell information finns tillgänglig, att roller och ansvarsförhållanden mellan professionerna tydliggjorts. / The documentation made in patients’ charts is becoming of greater importance for the safety and involvement of patients and for the follow up and development of the quality of care. IT support increases the accessibility of information, but studies even show deficits pertaining to structure and content. The aim for this study was to survey to what extent double documentation occurs in multiprofessional, electronic patient charts, related to the nurse’s documentation and to investigate staffs’ understanding of the value and usage of other professionals’ documentation. The study was conducted at a county hospital where computer charts have been in use for about 10 years. Thirty stroke patients’ charts were analysed on the basis of the VIPS models key words and occupational therapists, physicians, physiotherapists, and nurses completed a study specific survey. The results showed that 15% of the content in nursing care documentation (excluding epicrisis) was also documented in other places in the chart, one or more times. Of the content of the nursing anamnesis 43% were double documented. The corresponding share of the nursing status and nursing interventions were 6% respectively 10%. When it comes to nursing epicrisis 41% of the content was also documented in other professionals’ epicrisis. Double documentation occurs more often between nurses and physicians than between nurses and occupational therapists/physiotherapists. All of the occupations considered that it is valuable to be able to take part in each others documentation. Physicians’ documentation was followed to a great extent by all. Occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and nurses followed each others documentation to a great extent. It was more common to seek specific information that to read the documentation in order to acquire an overall picture. Nurses sought also often information which in turn was given to others. Double documentation was considered to occur mostly in the section of the chart for anamnesis. Conceivable reasons for double documentation were considered to be caused by not reading what others had documented, to show what had been done, and that dictation was written in too late. At a comparison between nurses with an older education and those with an education according to the 1993 curriculum showed that nurses with an older education agreed to a greater extent that double documentation occurred between physicians and nurses. Avoiding unnecessary double documentation demands, besides that current information is available, that the conditions of rolls and responsibilities between professionals are clarified.

Hemsjukvårdscentralen began its work from Tunåsens Hospital in Uppsala in 1962, with the purpose to give conomic support to people who nursed their chronic sick relatives in home. Hemsjukvårdscentralen ended its work in 1987, and delivered its archive to the County council of Uppsala in 1988. About half of the archive consisted of medical records of the patients who had received economical support, and many of the archival records was considered as ”work papers”, non-archival records that could be discarded. Two obvious problems emerge from the organizing of the records. The first problem was the difficulty to keep the principle of provenance while making a access point to the archive, especially when it's common in Sweden to use the double principle of provenance: a fusion between the respect des fonds, the external order, and the strukturprinzip, the internal order. The second problem was to compile a complete history of the Hemsjukvårdscentralen's activities during its active years, and therefor decide which records to save and which records to discard – and which records who had a value for the future. This analysis therefore focus on the series F1 (the medical records) and F6 (the ”work papers”). This is a one year master's thesis in archival science.

Ein zentrales Thema der medizinischen Informatik ist der institutionsübergreifende Austausch von Patientendaten zwischen den Akteuren des Gesundheitswesens. Die Notwendigkeit einer einheitlichen nationalen Telematikinfrastruktur für einen institutions-übergreifenden Austausch wurde auch von der Politik anerkannt. Dementsprechend wurde 2003 mit dem Gesetz zur Modernisierung der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (GMG) der erste Grundstein gelegt. Eine der Anwendungen, die laut Gesetzgebung (§ 291a SGB V) über die Telematikinfrastruktur umgesetzt werden sollte, ist die sogenannte elektronische Patientenakte. Diese Anwendung sollte es dem Patienten ermöglichen, seine Versorgungsdaten in einer eigenen Dokumentation zu führen und mit den Systemen seiner Behandler elektronisch zu kommunizieren. Bei der Gesetzgebung wurde der Fokus sehr eng gefasst, um aus Datenschutzgründen eine enge Zweckbindung der elektronischen Patientenakte sicher zu stellen. Wichtige Themen wie die Partizipation der Bürger und Patienten an der medizinischen Forschung wurden ausgeklammert. Werden die Prozesse der elektronischen Datenerfassung in der Versorgung und in der medizinisch-klinischen Forschung (z. B. den Universitätskliniken) betrachtet, so fällt auf, dass relevante Daten für die Versorgung und die Forschung häufig identisch sind. Da die Systeme von Forschung und Versorgung aber getrennt voneinander betrieben werden, kommt es zu Doppelerfassungen. Diese Doppelerfassungen sind für einen Anwender, der Daten in beide Systeme eintragen muss, schwer nachvollziehbar - auch die gewünschte Partizipation der Patienten an Forschungsvorhaben ist so kaum möglich. Die grundlegende Idee dieser Arbeit ist es, eine Schnittstelle zwischen einer elektronischen Patientenakte und der medizinischen Forschung gemäß den Vorgaben der nationalen Telematikinfrastruktur zu konzipieren. Damit soll dem oben geschilderten Problem der Doppelerfassung von Patientendaten entgegengewirkt werden, indem mit Hilfe dieser Schnittstelle ein Austausch von Patientendaten über eine elektronische Patientenakte zwischen den Systemen der Versorgung und Forschung ermöglicht wird. Zu diesem Zweck wurden zunächst die Systeme der Versorgung und der Forschung analysiert und ein Kommunikationsmodell sowie Datenschutzanforderungen für die Kommunikation zwischen einer elektronischen Patientenakte und den Systemen der Forschung formuliert. Auf Grundlage des Kommunikationsmodells und der Datenschutzanforderungen wurden sowohl eine Fach- als auch eine Sicherheitsarchitektur für die Schnittstelle zwischen einer elektronischen Patientenakte und den Systemen der Forschung beschrieben. Als Ergebnis konnte herausgestellt werden, dass die Anbindung der IT-Systeme der medizinischen Forschung über eine elektronische Patientenakte sicher und datenschutzkonform umgesetzt werden kann. Abschließend wird der entstandene Ansatz mit bisherigen Lösungen zur Nutzung von Versorgungsdaten für die medizinische Forschung kritisch verglichen und die Stärken einer in der nationalen Telematikinfrastruktur integrierte Löschung gegenüber alleinstehenden Insellösungen hervorgehoben. Es wird herausgestellt, dass die grundlegenden Konzepte stehen, aber noch erheblicher Aufwand erbracht werden muss, um ein auf nationaler Ebene verfügbares System bereitzustellen. Vorschläge für die weiteren Arbeiten zu einem funktionierenden System sowie weitere Potentiale der Ergebnisse dieser Arbeit werden in einem Ausblick aufgezeigt.

Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2005.

I denna kvalitativa studie ombads 5 psykodynamiskt inriktade terapeuter att i skrift beskriva sin upplevelse av journalskrivning. Materialet analyserades med hjälp av EPP-(Empirical Phenomenological Psychological) metoden. Resultatet lyfter fram generella kännetecken och särskiljande drag inom upplevelsen av journalskrivning. Gemensamt för terapeuternas upplevelse är att journalskrivandet har olika funktioner. Det är ett arbetsverktyg för att kommunicera med andra vårdgivare, det omfattas av vissa styrfaktorer och en upplevd osäkerhet om journalskrivandets regelverk. Det egna journalskrivandet uppvisar en hög värdering av den personliga upplevelsen och känslan av att utlämna patienten i journalen. Däremot skiljer sig terapeuterna åt i sättet att hantera känslor av konflikt inom journalskrivandet vilket påverkar den egna upplevelsen av journalskrivning. Två upplevda alternativ att hantera konflikt presenteras. I den ena gruppen försöker terapeuterna att omforma journalen så att den bättre passar den egna terapeutiska identiteten. När det inte längre är möjligt uttrycks en känsla av att något som inte går att ersätta försvinner. I den andra gruppen ökar terapeuterna sin reflektion och bearbetning av de delar inom journalskrivningen som terapeuten upplever orsakar konflikt, vilket bidrar till en känsla av att något positivt tillförts den terapeutiska identiteten. / In this qualitative study 5 psychotherapists with psychodynamic specialization were asked to reflect on their experiences concerning the writing of patient records. This material was analyzed using the so-called EPP-method (empirical phenomenological psychological method). The results show both general and distinctive features in how different therapists feel about their patient records routines. All agree that the process of writing patient records contains a number of different functions. It is a tool to communicate with other medical staff and facilities; it is influenced by certain control factors and also by experienced uncertainty concerning the formal rules related to the routines of patient records. Record routines show a high degree of evaluation of personal emotions and experiences together with a fear of revealing too much information about a patient. On the other hand, there is a substantial distinction in how different therapists handle their feelings of conflict related to medical records. The study presents two different possible ways of handling such conflicts. One group of therapists try to reshape the medical journal to make it better adjusted to their personal therapeutic identity. When that becomes impossible they express a feeling of something being lost. In the second group the therapists work harder with those parts in patient record routines that are causing them problems. This results in a feeling that something valuable is being added to their therapeutic identity.