Our nursing faculty had a demonstration on DocuCare electronic health record (EHR) for nursing students. Until now, we have been using a home-grown spreadsheet simulation. We looked at some of the free EMRs that are available, but they offered more that we needed to teach effectively and not enough nursing student support. If you have followed my blogs, you will note that I have reviewed some of the other EHR solutions for students. Cost has been the main problem - especially when the product involved a huge annual maintenance feel. The main pluses I saw with the DocuCare product are:
- It allows simulation documentation
- It allows a way for instructors to provide feedback on student documentation
- Student documentation can be tracked
- It includes a pre-populated case library
- It in integrated with the Lippincott Nursing Advisor and Procedures and skills
- It includes documentation for the Laerdal Simulations
