Nurses' Electronic Medical Record Workarounds in a Tertiary Teaching Hospital

Satisfaction and perceived quality of an electronic medical record system in a tertiary hospital in oman.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of physicians towards the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system. METHODS A cross-sectional survey including physicians from various clinical specialties was conducted. An existing questionnaire was adapted to assess the KAP of physicians towards the EMR system. Information was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Scien...

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Electronic Medical Record System at a Tertiary Care Hospital

OBJECTIVES Although Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems provide various benefits, there are both advantages and disadvantages regarding its cost-effectiveness. This study analyzed the economic effects of EMR systems using a cost-benefit analysis based on the differential costs of managerial accounting. METHODS Samsung Medical Center (SMC) is a general hospital in Korea that developed an E...

The Role of workarounds during an OpenSource Electronic Medical Record System Implementation

A significant degree of customization of medical information technology is required to effectively integrate the promise of IT with the diversity and complexity of medical work. In the absence of such customizations, dissatisfaction and resistance toward the system arise. Indeed, the complexity of the medical work and the inability of software to tailor to the diverse medical practices may expl...

The quality of medical record documentation and External cause of fall injury coding in a tertiary teaching hospital.

This paper reviews the documentation and coding of External causes of admitted fall cases in a major hospital. Intensive analysis of a random selection of 100 medical records included blind re-coding in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM), Fifth Edition for External causes to ascertain whether:...

Implementation of an Automated Electronic Medical Record “Antibiotic Timeout” Alert at a Tertiary, Academic Medical Center