benefits and challenges to the adoption of electronic medical records
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BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES TO THE ADOPTION OF ELECTRONIC
MEDICAL RECORDS
USMAN MAARUF YAKUBU
MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY
Agenda
Why do we need EMR? E-Health and Electronic
Medical Records. What are the benefits and
challenges from the literature?
Methodology of the research Results from the data. Discussion. Conclusion.
Why do we need EMR?
Healthcare is a billion dollar industry (Caldeira, et al. 2012).
Adults only receive only 50% of recommended preventive care (Shih, et al. 2011).
Medication errors Paper records lost or
destroyed Emergency Aging global population Chronic diseases
E-health and Electronic Medical Records
(EMR) E-health uses information and
communication technology to provide quality healthcare. It can serve in the delivery or enhance of current methods of delivery (Eysenbach, 2001).
Electronic Medical Record is a digital record of all information related to the patient to be viewed by authorized personnel (Leonidas, 2009).
Benefits of EMR from Literature
Eliminates medication error
Process times and waiting time for cues all get
shorter
Clinical guidelines support and improve outcomes
Enhance efficiency, workflow, management and
decisions making
Also it lowers cost, storage space and staff
requirements
Decision making and analytics
Challenges to EMR Adoptionfrom Literature
Privacy and security concerns
High Cost of Enterprise systems
Time to plan, develop and implement the system
Resistance to change and lack of support by healthcare staff
Difficulty with data entry
Integration/interoperability of medical devices
Consolidating records spread across hospitals
Research Methodology The research gathered
qualitative data with interviews from Healthcare authorities Healthcare administrator Medical device
Vendor/implementer of healthcare solutions.
Data from the research was validated from literature
Analysis, discussion and conclusion were made from the data.
Benefits of Electronic Medical Records from data collected
Challenges to the Adoption of EMR from data collected
Proposed solutions
Conclusion Research was aimed at evaluating the benefits and challenges
to the adoption of EMR and proposed solutions. The benefits included improvements in safety, efficiency,
response times, management and overall quality of care
The challenges were primarily cost, systems integration, data entry and change management and lack of awareness and education.
Solutions include government funding, standardization of EMR systems, education, training, better planning and effective change management.
Limitations and Future Guidelines
Limitations include the research being localized to the U.A.E which is has stable power supply and reliable data networks. Hence challenges may differ for third world countries.
Proposed area for further research is challenges to the adoption of healthcare mobile applications by consumers.
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