Experiences with the electronic nursing discharge summary.

The aim of this paper is to describe nursing staff's experiences with the Electronic Nursing Discharge Summary (ENDS) [Hoitotyön yhteenveto, HOIY]. This study is a part of the Salpa project of the Satakunta Hospital District (SHD). The goal of the project was to implement the Regional Information System (Fiale System) for social and health care in Satakunta, Finland.

Nationally standardized electronic nursing documentation in Finland by the year 2007.

The electronic nursing documentation is not unified in Finland and it doesn't connect with nationally recommended multiprofessional core documentation of the patient history. The aims are to develop a nationally unified and standardized nursing documentation by the year 2007, to use the standardized nursing data to manage and assess the quality of the nursing process and to integrate the nursing documentation into the multiprofessional patient record. The nationally defined structured nursing documentation is piloted in 23 health care organizations during 2005-2007 by the support of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.