Healthcare IT News March 12, 2025
Nurses with less than two years of experience increase their confidence in performing during electronic health record outages after escape room-style training, Michael Allen of Indiana University Health said at HIMSS25.
LAS VEGAS – Because simulated escape rooms have shown success when used for clinical training, Michael Allen, senior clinical informatics nurse at Indiana University Health, thought they might also help new nurse graduates game out how they would perform during electronic health record outages.
His hunch was correct. New nurses who participated in his escape room study felt more confident in performing certain critical tasks during EHR downtime, said Allen during his session at HIMSS25 this past week.
Improving nurse confidence
After hospitals and health systems nationwide began...
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