Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems are core applications in any e-Health environment and represent basic services for healthcare information technology platforms. Many EHR introduction projects ran into trouble because of the inappropriate model and concept of implementation, according to the requirements and standards, as well as the lack of the acceptance of the EHR related services among...

Allowing patients access to their physicians’ notes has the potential to enhance their understanding of disease and improve medication adherence and healthcare outcomes. However, a recent study involving over ten thousand patients showed that allowing patients to read their electronic health record (EHR) notes caused confusion, especially for the vulnerable (e.g., lower literacy, lower income) ...

background and goal: ict development in recent years has created excellent developments in human social and economic life. one of the most important opportunities to use information technology is in the medical field, that the result would be electronic health record (ehr).the purpose of this research is to investigate the effects information security requirements in electronic health records a...

OBJECTIVE To conduct a federally funded study that examines the acquisition, implementation and operation of open source electronic health records (EHR) within safety net medical settings, such as federally qualified health centers (FQHC). METHODS AND MATERIALS The study was conducted by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago from April to September 2010. The...

OBJECTIVE To improve understanding of facilitators of EHR system implementation, paying particular attention to opportunities to maximize physician adoption and effective deployment. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING Primary data collected from 47 physician and 35 administrative key informants from six U.S. health care organizations identified because of purported success with EHR implementation. ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to examine open-source electronic health record (EHR) software to determine their level of functionalities according to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards. METHODS ISO standards were used as a guideline to determine and describe the reference architecture and functionalities of a standard electronic health record system as w...

Electronic Health Records (EHR) promise improvement for patient care and also offer great value for biomedical research including clinical, public health, and health services research. Unfortunately, the full potential of EHR big data research has remained largely unrealized. The purpose of this study was to identify rate limiting factors, and develop recommendations to better balance unrestric...

Thousands of U.S. physicians have reached the first stage of “meaningful use” and received incentive payments through the HITECH Act. Yet doubts have surfaced about the sustainability of EHR diffusion, as well as about which providers will benefit from program incentives. In this paper we report the findings of a survey conducted among Hawaii physicians, in which we assessed the views of EHR ad...

Measuring the performance of electronic health records (EHR) is an important, yet un-resolved challenge. Various measurements have addressed different aspects of EHR success, yet a holistic, comprehensive measurement tool needs to be developed to capture the potential EHR success variables completely. A self-administered questionnaire survey instrument was developed based on the theoretical fra...

The rapid change in healthcare has focused attention on the necessary development of a next-generation electronic health record (EHR) to support system transformation and more effective patient-centered care. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is developing plans for the next-generation EHR to support improved care delivery for veterans. To understand the needs for a next-generation EHR, w...