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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Methods Inf Med 2023; 62(S 01): e63-e72
DOI: 10.1055/a-1978-9727
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Nurse Managers' Opinions of Information System Support for Performance Management: A Correlational Study

Kaija Saranto 
1   Department of Health and Social Management, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Pohjois-Savo, Finland
,
Samuli Koponen
1   Department of Health and Social Management, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Pohjois-Savo, Finland
,
Tuulikki Vehko 
2   Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
,
Eija Kivekäs 
1   Department of Health and Social Management, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Pohjois-Savo, Finland
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Funding/Acknowledgments The authors want to express their gratitude to the Finnish Nursing Association, the National Association of Health and Welfare Professionals, and the National Professional Association for the Interests of Experts and Managers for supporting online data collection.This study was supported by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (project 414919001).
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Abstract

Background Current information systems do not effectively support nurse managers' duties, such as reporting, resource management, and assessing clinical performance. Few performance management information systems are available and features in many are scattered.

Objectives The purpose of the study was to determine nurse managers' opinions of information system support for performance management.

Methods An online questionnaire was used to collect data from nurse managers (n = 419). Pearson's correlation coefficients and linear regression were used to examine the relationships between variables, which were nurse managers' ability to manage resources, to report and evaluate productivity, and to assess nursing performance and clinical procedures.

Results More than half of the managers used performance management systems daily. Managers (60%) felt that they can use information systems to follow the use of physical resources, and in general (63%), they felt that it is easy to perform searches with the systems used for following up activity. Nurse managers' ability to manage resources, to report productivity, and to assess nursing care performance were correlated significantly with each other.

Conclusion Currently, managers have to collect data from various systems for management purposes, as system integration does not support performance data collection. The availability of continuous in-service training had a positive effect on information system use.

Keywords

health information technology competencies - health information technology - in-service training - management information systems - nurse manager

Ethical Considerations

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare provided ethical approval (THL/482/6.02.01/2020) for the study. The use of the membership databases of the nurses' associations was selected as it protected participant anonymity when the researchers were not in contact with the members.




Publication History

Received: 10 May 2022

Accepted: 02 November 2022

Accepted Manuscript online:
15 November 2022

Article published online:
09 January 2023

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