Background:There is a lack of research with regard to understanding the factors that motivate hos... more Background:There is a lack of research with regard to understanding the factors that motivate hospitals to proceed with implementing Electronic Medical Record Systems (EMR). The Health Information Management and System Society (HIMSS) outlines eight levels of EMR implementation from 0(no implementation) to 7(full use and implementation of the system). Some hospitals proceed to implement EMR and achieve a high level of implementation, while others stop at a certain level of EMR implementation or may even regress to lower levels. Aims and Methods: This research aimed to develop a framework to understand the motivational and de-motivational factors for proceeding with EMR implementationto uncover which hospitals have implemented EMR, to which levels, and how hospitals perceive EMR. In order to accomplish this,a mixed method design was adopted including a survey and case studies of a sample of hospitals in Eastern Saudi Arabia. The three case study sites were: a large hospital located i...
This research aims to investigate the current status of EMR implementation in the Eastern provena... more This research aims to investigate the current status of EMR implementation in the Eastern provenance of Saudi Arabia to identify the level of implementation, main challenges and to identify the main opportunities to exploit the power of EMR in this region. It is based on surveying 23 hospitals and a focus group from different hospitals. None of the hospitals in this area has fully implemented the EMR. Although there is a positive attitude towards EMR, the main critical reasons for why hospitals having different implementation levels are the believe that EMR enhances the quality of services provided and the level of top management support to implement EMR. The main challenges are the level of fund to support EMR in post-implementation phase; users (doctors, nurses and administrative staff) need continuous training on the system; and devoting and dedicating benefits management team to assure the benefits are identified, planned, owned, realised and reviewed so that the top management ...
Journal of Health Informatics in Developing Countries, Dec 8, 2013
This review paper represented a critical literature review of some related studies to the means o... more This review paper represented a critical literature review of some related studies to the means of electronic health records in addition to their advantages and disadvantages from different perspectives and viewpoints. The main aim of this paper is concluded in reviewing the adoption of electronic health records in different countries in order to trace out the current status of adopting this technology worldwide. Through this paper, some concentration will be done on the adoption of electronic health records at Saudi Arabia since the researcher aims to follow this paper with a research to measure the "adoption of electronic health records at Saudi Arabia". However, this paper will follow a critical review method of the "adoption" of electronic health records starting by its implementation then its distribution worldwide in some countries. This study aims to find the gaps in the literature that are related to the adoption of electronic health records worldwide.
This research aims to investigate the current status of EMR implementation in the Eastern provena... more This research aims to investigate the current status of EMR implementation in the Eastern provenance of Saudi Arabia to identify the level of implementation, main challenges and to identify the main opportunities to exploit the power of EMR in this region. It is based on surveying 23 hospitals and a focus group from different hospitals. None of the hospitals in this area has fully implemented the EMR. Although there is a positive attitude towards EMR, the main critical reasons for why hospitals having different implementation levels are the believe that EMR enhances the quality of services provided and the level of top management support to implement EMR. The main challenges are the level of fund to support EMR in post-implementation phase; users (doctors, nurses and administrative staff) need continuous training on the system; and devoting and dedicating benefits management team to assure the benefits are identified, planned, owned, realised and reviewed so that the top management support is ongoing.
Background:There is a lack of research with regard to understanding the factors that motivate hos... more Background:There is a lack of research with regard to understanding the factors that motivate hospitals to proceed with implementing Electronic Medical Record Systems (EMR). The Health Information Management and System Society (HIMSS) outlines eight levels of EMR implementation from 0(no implementation) to 7(full use and implementation of the system). Some hospitals proceed to implement EMR and achieve a high level of implementation, while others stop at a certain level of EMR implementation or may even regress to lower levels. Aims and Methods: This research aimed to develop a framework to understand the motivational and de-motivational factors for proceeding with EMR implementationto uncover which hospitals have implemented EMR, to which levels, and how hospitals perceive EMR. In order to accomplish this,a mixed method design was adopted including a survey and case studies of a sample of hospitals in Eastern Saudi Arabia. The three case study sites were: a large hospital located i...
This research aims to investigate the current status of EMR implementation in the Eastern provena... more This research aims to investigate the current status of EMR implementation in the Eastern provenance of Saudi Arabia to identify the level of implementation, main challenges and to identify the main opportunities to exploit the power of EMR in this region. It is based on surveying 23 hospitals and a focus group from different hospitals. None of the hospitals in this area has fully implemented the EMR. Although there is a positive attitude towards EMR, the main critical reasons for why hospitals having different implementation levels are the believe that EMR enhances the quality of services provided and the level of top management support to implement EMR. The main challenges are the level of fund to support EMR in post-implementation phase; users (doctors, nurses and administrative staff) need continuous training on the system; and devoting and dedicating benefits management team to assure the benefits are identified, planned, owned, realised and reviewed so that the top management ...
Journal of Health Informatics in Developing Countries, Dec 8, 2013
This review paper represented a critical literature review of some related studies to the means o... more This review paper represented a critical literature review of some related studies to the means of electronic health records in addition to their advantages and disadvantages from different perspectives and viewpoints. The main aim of this paper is concluded in reviewing the adoption of electronic health records in different countries in order to trace out the current status of adopting this technology worldwide. Through this paper, some concentration will be done on the adoption of electronic health records at Saudi Arabia since the researcher aims to follow this paper with a research to measure the "adoption of electronic health records at Saudi Arabia". However, this paper will follow a critical review method of the "adoption" of electronic health records starting by its implementation then its distribution worldwide in some countries. This study aims to find the gaps in the literature that are related to the adoption of electronic health records worldwide.
This research aims to investigate the current status of EMR implementation in the Eastern provena... more This research aims to investigate the current status of EMR implementation in the Eastern provenance of Saudi Arabia to identify the level of implementation, main challenges and to identify the main opportunities to exploit the power of EMR in this region. It is based on surveying 23 hospitals and a focus group from different hospitals. None of the hospitals in this area has fully implemented the EMR. Although there is a positive attitude towards EMR, the main critical reasons for why hospitals having different implementation levels are the believe that EMR enhances the quality of services provided and the level of top management support to implement EMR. The main challenges are the level of fund to support EMR in post-implementation phase; users (doctors, nurses and administrative staff) need continuous training on the system; and devoting and dedicating benefits management team to assure the benefits are identified, planned, owned, realised and reviewed so that the top management support is ongoing.
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