What is the potential for the use of clinical outcome measures to be computerised? Findings from a qualitative research study.

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2004-03-29
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Clinical outcome measures are used in clinical audit to monitor the quality of care provided to patients As information technology IT is increasingly being integrated into the delivery of health care computerising the use of clinical outcome measures has been proposed However little is known about the attitudes of health professionals towards this Aims to understand professionals views on adapting one clinical outcome measure the palliative care outcome scale POS for use on hand held computers Concludes that these results reinforce existing research on clinical outcome measures and IT in health care identify special palliative care issues when considering the use of computerised clinical outcome measures with patients and highlight the need for further research
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