Barriers to Rural Midwifery: An Integrative Review.

Aim: To explore the types of barriers that midwives face when practicing or attempting to practice in rural and remote locations.

Design: An integrative review using the Ecological Systems Theory.

Methods: The review was guided by Whitmore and Knafl.

The Role of Nurse Managers in the Adoption of Health Information Technology: Findings From a Qualitative Study.

Objective: This study aims to investigate the role of nurse managers in supporting point-of-care nurses' health information technology (IT) use and identify strategies employed by nurse managers to improve adoption, while also gathering point-of-care nurses' perceptions of these strategies.

Background: Nurse managers are essential in facilitating point-of-care nurses' use of health IT; however, the underlying phenomenon for this facilitation remains unreported.

Methods: A qualitative descriptive study was conducted with 10 nurse managers and 14 point-of-care nurses recruited from a mental health hospital environment in Ontario, Canada.

Patient and Family Member Readiness, Needs, and Perceptions of a Mental Health Patient Portal: A Mixed Methods Study.

Patient portals are a form of technology that supports patients in accessing their health information, and other functions like scheduling appointments. The presence and utilization of patient portals in mental health contexts is relatively new. Despite research existing in the mental health literature that indicates that there may be benefits when patients have access to their mental health notes, there is limited information as to how best to implement portals, and support adoption among patients and their family members.