The building of thesauri for large domains, especially for medicine, is a costly affair. However, in many domains thesauri can be constructed on an ontological basis [Wielinga , Schreiber, 2001]. We are developing an ontological information retrieval system for the retrieving of medical records from an electronic medical record system (EMR). We decided to use the UMLS as a basis for building th...

The ever-growing implementation of information technologies in healthcare and medicine, especially the developments of electronic medical records (EMR) and the connection of clinical data bases, as well as the freedom these systems offer in relation to their usage force the development of new policy and security procedures for protection the privacy and confidentiality of medical data. As more ...

While most industries have aggressively leveraged information technology (IT) to improve quality and reduce costs the healthcare sector has lagged behind. Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) hold great promise for improving quality of care yet widespread adoption is lacking. Physician acceptance is critical to widespread adoption of ambulatory EMRs, yet there is little independent research on phy...

OBJECTIVE Patient use of online electronic medical records (EMR) holds the potential to improve health outcomes. The purpose of this study is to discover how patients living with chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) value Internet-based patient access to electronic patient records. DESIGN This was a qualitative, exploratory, descriptive study using in-depth interviews and focus groups of ...

Evidence suggests that in spite of the value potential of information technology (IT), institutions in the health care sector have been slow to adopt it. To the extent that significant problems in health care such as patient safety, medical errors, and escalating costs can be addressed through IT, accelerating its diffusion throughout the system is an important public policy issue. This researc...

A case study evaluated how physical medical records are managed and curated at a large tertiary hospital. It was found that the current microfiching technology was outdated, ineffective, and in many cases an impediment to appropriate care. Alternative recordkeeping techniques were evaluated. A proposal for a localised electronic medical record (EMR) system, disseminated by tablet computer, is p...

BACKGROUND Improvements in the quality of health care services are often measured using data present in medical records. Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) contain potentially valuable new sources of health data. However, data quality in EMRs may not be optimal and should be assessed. Data reliability (are the same data elements being measured over time?) is a prerequisite for data validity (are...

The introduction of electronic medical records (EMR) and computerized physician order entry (CPOE) into the intensive care unit (ICU) is transforming the way health care providers currently work. The challenge facing developers of EMR's is to create products which add value to systems of health care delivery. As EMR's become more prevalent, the potential impact they have on the quality and safe...

Background : Electronic medical record had one of the big challenges in application information and communication technology hospitals. The definition electronic records varies, however, principle used a database to all medical, demographic data every event patient management hospitals clinics (Cassano, 2018). development knowledge is so fast, nurses will quickly be left behind if they do not t...

Despite the implicit belief that IT innovations brings beneficial change, medical practitioners and healthcare professionals constantly struggle to realize the innovation potential of electronic medical records (EMR) system in revolutionizing clinical practices. To understand this conundrum, this paper uses an in-depth case study of an EMR implementation to develop a grounded theory of why, whe...