Implementing electronic medical record systems in developing
countries

Fraser, Hamish; Biondich, Paul G.; Moodley, Deshendran; Choi, Sharon; Mamlin, Burke W.; Szolovits, Peter

doi:10.14236/jhi.v13i2.585

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“…Therefore, all these researchers have similar opinions on division of HIS implementation. [11]; [12]; [6]; [13] High initial physician time [39]; [40]; [38]; [42]; [43] Save time and space [14]; [15]; [16]; [17]; [10]; [19], [20]; [21]; [22] Technology and technical matters [37]; [44]; [45]; [46]; [41].…”

Section: A Hospital Information System (His)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Up-to-date and accurate [12], [23] Fundamental problems such as lack of computer skills, complex tasks, complex functions [6]; [10]; [30] [37]; [47]; [48] Decrease medical errors [24]; [25], [26], [27]; [28]; [29]; [30]; [31]; [32]; [33]; [34]; [35]; [36] Ethical issues such as certification, security, privacy and confidentiality [26]; [41]; [48] …”

Section: A Hospital Information System (His)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Implementation Differences of Hospital Information System (HIS) in Malaysian Public Hospitals

Ismail¹,

Abdullah²,

Shamsudin³

et al. 2013

IJSSH

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Abstract-Hospital Information System (HIS) is important to healthcare sector especially in public hospitals as they need to serve the public with high-quality healthcare treatments. HIS helps to improve patients care services. Thus, the Malaysian Government has introduced three (3) categories of HIS namely Total Hospital Information System (THIS), Intermediate Hospital Information System (IHIS), and Basic Hospital Information System (BHIS) among Malaysian public hospitals. However, only 15.2% of the Malaysian public hospitals are implementing the system. Moreover, there is limited number of empirical studies on HIS implementation in Malaysia. Thus, this paper aims to investigate issues and challenges in HIS implementation for each category of HIS by using in-depth interviews. Nine participants were involved in the interviews. The interview data were transcribed verbatim and analysed based on Content and Thematic Analysis using NVivo software. The results showed that different category of HIS faced different issues and challenges.Index Terms-Basic hospital information system, hospital information system, intermediate hospital information system, total hospital information system.

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Section: A Hospital Information System (His)mentioning

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Section: A Hospital Information System (His)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Implementation Differences of Hospital Information System (HIS) in Malaysian Public Hospitals

Ismail¹,

Abdullah²,

Shamsudin³

et al. 2013

IJSSH

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“…[113]. In addition, a number of studies on e-health systems in Africa revealed that several of the implementations were mere pilot projects at single facilities, with no evidence of scaling up [114] [115]. Many of these vertical systems are also not capable of exchanging healthcare data to support continuity of care [116].…”

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A Review of Interoperability Standards in E-health and Imperatives for their Adoption in Africa

Adebesin¹,

Foster²,

Kotzé³

et al. 2013

SACJ

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The ability of healthcare information systems to share and exchange information (interoperate) is essential to facilitate the quality and effectiveness of healthcare services. Although standardization is considered key to addressing the fragmentation currently challenging the healthcare environment, e-health standardization can be difficult for many reasons, one of which is making sense of the e-health interoperability standards landscape. Specifically aimed at the African health informatics community, this paper aims to provide an overview of e-health interoperability and the significance of standardization in its achievement. We conducted a literature study of e-health standards, their development, and the degree of participation by African countries in the process. We also provide a review of a selection of prominent e-health interoperability standards that have been widely adopted especially by developed countries, look at some of the factors that affect their adoption in Africa, and provide an overview of ongoing global initiatives to address the identified barriers. Although the paper is specifically aimed at the African community, its findings would be equally applicable to many other developing countries.

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“…7 For example, some clinical information systems (CIS) are able to check for drug allergies, drug doses and appropriateness of medication, thereby eliminating the need for physicians to write orders by hand in the patient's chart. According to Levesque 'every time someone in a practice or hospital touches a chart, it costs the organisation nearly $3'.…”

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The role of the electronic medical record (EMR) in care delivery development in developing countries: a systematic review

Williams¹,

Boren²

2008

Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics

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Implementing electronic medical record systems in developing countries

Cited by 186 publications

References 27 publications

Implementation Differences of Hospital Information System (HIS) in Malaysian Public Hospitals

Implementation Differences of Hospital Information System (HIS) in Malaysian Public Hospitals

A Review of Interoperability Standards in E-health and Imperatives for their Adoption in Africa

The role of the electronic medical record (EMR) in care delivery development in developing countries: a systematic review

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