Application and effect of information technology on the nursing quality control

Objective To explore the application and effect of the information technology on the nursing quality control.Methods Many methods were used such as combined nursing information system with the incidence of medication errors,quality of nursing records,evaluated the operation and effect of the information quality control.Results After used the nursing information system,the incidence rate of medication errors decreased from 0.10％ in 2008 to 0.03％ in 2010,and the difference was statistically significant (x2 =23.093,P ＜0.01 ).Electronic record was better than hand record in standardability,timeliness and accuracy of nursing records,and the differences between them were statistically significant ( x2 =12.250,9.890,16.103,respectively;P ＜ 0.05 ).Conclusions Information technology used in nursing quality control can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of quality control and can promote the continuous improvement of nursing quality control. Key words: Quality control; Informatization; Nursing