CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS TO THE SAFETY OF INTENSIVE CARE UNIT PATIENTS: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

Integrative review publications that analyzed the contributions of electronic health records for patient safety in intensive care units. The survey was conducted in the databases CINAHL, MEDLINE and SciELO, using the keywords: electronic health records, information systems, nursing informatics, medical informatics, intensive care units, patient safety and security management. A total 64 articles were included and analyzed in two empirical categories: "Information systems and information technology: the electronic record for the continuity of nursing care", "decision support systems: contributions to patient safety" and "indicators of quality of care and patient safety from the records electronics". The studies pointed to contributions to continuity of care, decision making based on decision support systems and the creation of quality indicators and patient safety from electronic records.