Nutrition care is one of hospital health care that needs an information system to support documentation of Nutrition Care Process. There are some barriers in implementing NCP, one of them is lack of time in implementing Nutrition Care Process. Computer based information system is expected to be a solution to overcome the barrier. Some studies show that using computerized information system is faster than manual system. Nutrition Care Process (NCP) Electronic is a computer based application that

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... processes data and records nutrition care information. This application was tested by compare it with manual documentation system to find out which documentation system was faster. The main objective of this study was to compare manual and computer based documentation system using NCP Electronic in Saiful Anwar Hospital. This was pre experimental study with one group pre-post test design. Eight Dietitians in Internal Medicine Department were involved to documenting 40 Diabetes Mellitus type II patients. Dietitians documented nutrition care process patients with both manual and electronic system. Data were collected by observing documentation time process. Statistical test was perform using paired t-test. Documentation using NCP Electronic was faster than manual system. It took 6.34 minutes using NCP Electronic which was faster 2.20 minutes than manual system. Significant difference were note between documentation time using NCP Electronic and manual system (p< 0.05). There were significant different between documentation time using NCP Electronic and manual system. NCP Electronic documentation time was faster 2.20 minutes than manual system.