Assessing and Selecting Data for a Nursing Services Dashboard

Frith, Karen H.; Anderson, Frank M.; Sewell, Jeanne P.

doi:10.1097/nna.0b013e3181c47d45

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“…15 Also, the degree of database integration (ie, the ability to electronically query multiple databases without a manual chart review) will determine the degree of automation for data analysis 4 ; it is crucial to have electronic access to all of the data needed for analysis to maximize the benefits of dashboards. Database integration for dashboards.…”

Section: Definition and Properties Of Dashboardsmentioning

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“…A dashboard integrates data from multiple databases, 4,12,13 which use different types of data formatting (eg, time stamps for documented events can use the symbol ''/,'' ''-,'' or '':'' to separate the month, day, year, and time). 15 3. 15 Also, the degree of database integration (ie, the ability to electronically query multiple databases without a manual chart review) will determine the degree of automation for data analysis 4 ; it is crucial to have electronic access to all of the data needed for analysis to maximize the benefits of dashboards.…”

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“…4,12,18,19 Appropriately configured dashboards can provide user notifications when a specific metric deviates from acceptable values, prompting quick corrective measures to limit or prevent adverse events (eg, identification of an excessive medication dose being ordered for a patient or an increase in surgical-site infection rates). 15 Even though the literature mentions that the most successful dashboards will have the ability to help predict the outcomes of decisions based on current information, 15 there are no reported examples of predictive dashboards used in healthcare settings. Time focus of dashboards.…”

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A Review of Dashboards for Data Analytics in Nursing

Wilbanks

Langford

2014

CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing

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Dashboards are data-driven clinical decision support tools used to analyze data from multiple databases using easy-to-read, color-coded graphical displays, much like the dashboards of automobiles. Dashboards can be used to promote data-driven decision making and improve adherence to evidence-based practice guidelines. The purpose of this article was to provide a review of dashboards used to query electronic health records for the purpose of guiding clinical practice and research. An inductive content analysis approach was used to identify emerging themes directly from the literature. Five basic dashboard properties identified include the type of database integration, visual properties, purpose, time focus (ie, retrospective, real time, or predictive), and type of process monitored. These dashboard properties are determined by the characteristics of the specific organization, user, and purpose of data analysis. Using dashboards to perform automated analytical reviews of clinical data will prove more efficient when data elements stored in electronic health records become standardized. Other limitations of dashboard use include user anxiety, information overload, and technology overload. The increased use of electronic documentation in healthcare settings will provide a wealth of data, and dashboards will play a pivotal role in converting these data into actionable knowledge.

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Section: Definition and Properties Of Dashboardsmentioning

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Section: Definition and Properties Of Dashboardsmentioning

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Section: Definition and Properties Of Dashboardsmentioning

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A Review of Dashboards for Data Analytics in Nursing

Wilbanks

Langford

2014

CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing

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“…Dashboards provide a systematic way for healthcare leaders, managers and health care providers (nurses, physicians, health disciplines) to make rapid and more informed decisions as well as learn from past experiences and adjust plans accordingly 15 19. For example in nursing, dashboards have been used to provide information to guide staffing decisions for positive outcomes12 20 21; clinical activities12 19; evidence-based performance19 22; programme evaluation19 and nursing contributions to overall quality of care at organisation and unit levels 15…”

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Insights from staff nurses and managers on unit-specific nursing performance dashboards: a qualitative study

Jeffs

Beswick

et al. 2014

BMJ Qual Saf

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“…[2][3][4] Data elements need to be defined in standardized ways for use in dashboards. 4 Current technology can be used to integrate existing data into a configurable user interface. 5 This means that customized screens can be developed for the needs of different healthcare leaders.…”

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Improve care delivery with integrated decision support

Frith

Anderson²

2012

Nursing Management

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A common concern for nurse leaders in today's healthcare organization is abundant data but little information. Success of care delivery and daily operations can be enhanced with the right information technology to support evidence-based decision making. For too long, nurse leaders have struggled to find appropriate and timely information on which to base decisions about care delivery. With an urgent focus on care processes, now is the time to innovate, taking existing information tools and transforming them into appropriate decision support tools for nurse leaders and clinicians. 1 Break out of data silosUseful information about nursing care and patient outcomes most often dwells in data silos. Nursing departments can have sophisticated staffing software programs containing information about patient acuity or volumes and recommended staffing levels, but these data aren't typically combined with data about nurse competency and certifications, which are most often stored in human resource databases. To complicate matters, financial data are kept in cost accounting systems; patient satisfaction results, in vendor systems; and patient safety data, in quality management systems. The result is massive amounts of disconnected data that can't easily be used to guide care delivery.To compound this disparate data issue, much of the data are retrospective. Nurse leaders and clinicians deal in the here and now but are expected to use data that are weeks or months behind. Given the rapid turnover in patient census, increasing acuity levels, and rapid changes in technology and knowledge, the archaic multisystem data feed is at best inadequate and at worse dangerous.Several authors describe the use of technology solutions (dashboards, balanced scorecards, or report cards) in healthcare as a solution to the problem of having disconnected data. 2-4 Data elements need to be defined in standardized ways for use in dashboards. 4 Current technology can be used to integrate existing data into a configurable user interface. 5 This means that customized screens can be developed for the needs of different healthcare leaders. Balanced scorecards can provide a way for leaders to monitor progress toward strategic goals (financial, quality, satisfaction, and growth) and promptly diagnose problems to design corrective interventions. 3 It's this latter role of scorecards that can provide decision support for care delivery. Designing decision support toolsNurse leaders and clinicians need tools to guide decisions about care delivery each day. Paramount among these decisions-especially in a time when care delivery processes are being examined-is determining the right number and type of nurses needed for a group of patients. Although acuity systems can provide guidance, resulting recommended staffing levels may not have been tested for their effects on patient and organizational outcomes. To date, no such system has been described in published literature.

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Assessing and Selecting Data for a Nursing Services Dashboard

Cited by 19 publications

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A Review of Dashboards for Data Analytics in Nursing

A Review of Dashboards for Data Analytics in Nursing

Insights from staff nurses and managers on unit-specific nursing performance dashboards: a qualitative study

Improve care delivery with integrated decision support

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