The adoption of electronic medical records is a strategy for improving health care in the United States, and there are national efforts to provide funding for the initial purchase of EMR systems. The use of IT in making clinical health care more efficient and effective is well known. But recent articles in the healthcare domain indicate that 20 to 30 % of electronic medical record (EMR) systems...

This paper introduces Fujitsu’s efforts in the area of electronic medical record (EMR) solutions. EMRs play a central role in promoting information technology in the medical arena, which is a priority measure of the Japanese government. Through the evolution of EMR solutions, we have designed and provided solutions that meet the unique characteristics of medical institutions according to their ...

Usability problem of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems is a major hurdle for their acceptance. In this study we used the methodology of Human-Centered Distributed Information Design (HCDID) to compare and evaluate Flow Sheet module of two commercial EMR systems. After which we tried to develop usable interface of a flow sheet using visualization, focusing on task-representation mapping du...

OBJECTIVE Many Norwegian hospitals that are equipped with an electronic medical record (EMR) system now have proceeded to withdraw the paper-based medical record from clinical workflow. In two previous survey-based studies on the effect of removing the paper-based medical record on the work of physicians, nurses and medical secretaries, we concluded that to scan and eliminate the paper based re...

As experience with Electronic Medical Record (EMR) implementations increases, new knowledge is gained on how to make these implementations more successful. Recently, several new conceptual frameworks described in the literature provide a richer understanding of what makes an EMR implementation successful. Using the systematic review process, we attempt to integrate the various frameworks into a...

A growing number of healthcare organizations are replacing their traditional record keeping methods with the electronic medical record (EMR) systems as part of an on-going effort toward the digitization of healthcare. With the growing use of this digital information system, concerns about the state of security for the EMR systems have also increased. In recent years, a large number of academic ...

UW Medicine teaching hospitals have seen a move from paper to electronic physician inpatient notes, after improving the availability of workstations, and wireless laptops and the technical infrastructure supporting the electronic medical record (EMR). The primary driver for the transition was to unify the medical record for all disciplines in one location. The main barrier faced was the time re...

OBJECTIVE Despite substantial investment in Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems there has been little research to evaluate them. Our aim was to evaluate changes in efficiency and quality of services after the introduction of a purpose built EMR system, and to assess its acceptability by the doctors, nurses and patients using it. METHODS We compared a nine month period before and after the...