Toward Meaningful Care Plan Clinical Decision Support: Feasibility and Effects of a Simulated Pilot Study

Gail M Keenan1, Karen Dunn Lopez, Yingwei Yao

  • 1Gail M. Keenan, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor and Annabel Davis Jenks Endowed Chair for Teaching and Research in Clinical Nursing Excellence, Department of Family, Community and Health Systems Science, College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville. Karen Dunn Lopez, PhD, RN, is Assistant Professor, Department of Health Systems Science, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago. Yingwei Yao, PhD, is Research Associate Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science, College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, and Department of Biobehavioral Health Science, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago. Vanessa E. C. Sousa, PhD, RN, is Postdoctoral Fellow; and Janet Stifter, PhD, RN, CPHQ, is the Director of Center for Care Innovation and Transformation, the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE), Chicago, Illinois. Alessandro Febretti, MS, is Predoctoral Student; and Andrew Johnson, PhD, is Associate Professor, Electronic Visualization Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago. Diana J. Wilkie, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor, Prairieview Trust-Earl and Margo Powers Endowed Professor, and Director, Academic Center of Excellence in Palliative Care Research and Education, Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science, College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, and Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health Science, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Nursing Research
|September 1, 2017
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