fast and holistic access to the patients’ clinical record is a major requirement of modern medical decision support systems (dss). while electronic health records (ehrs) have replaced the traditional paper-based records in most healthcare organization, the data entry into these systems remains largely manual. speech recognition technology promises substitution of the more convenient speech-base...

in order to reach the electronic health record's (ehr's) goals and also for the users to employ it with confidence, integrated standards in the field of structure, content, data exchange, information production, architecture and system security must be formulated. before establishment of ehr, we should accept current standards or change them due to meet the needs of society and/or patterns from...

introduction: in today's world of knowledge with increasing complexity, the need for exchanging data, information, and knowledge is undeniable. electronic health record is undoubtedly a key technology in health care which facilitates the recovery and processing of health information from multiple locations and provide more efficient and more effective treatment for the patient. automatic data t...

introduction: the critical dependence of healthcare services systems on information along with the indigenous restriction of paper documents in satisfying this need has caused a trend toward computer information systems. the main goal of such systems is to achieve electronic health records (ehr). however, implementation of ehr in healthcare organizations is difficult and complicated. this resea...

context this literature review mostly emphasizes on the challenges and barriers for acceptance and implementation of electronic health records (ehrs) in developing countries. although the willingness of developing countries for acceptance and implementation of ehrs is rising, they will face some challenges and barriers which can slow down their progress due to the multidisciplinary and complexi...

introduction: due to the importance of electronic medical record (emr) in the quality of health care services, checking the readiness of hospitals to implement it is a vital step to define success or failure of the electronic medical record in the first place. the aim of this study was to evaluate the readiness of shiraz teaching hospitals to implement electronic medical record. method: this st...

introduction: information technology might have some potential effects, such as influencing treatment process, rate and easiness of information retrieval, and information availability for making clinical decisions based on conditions and management, educational and research activities on health service systems. recognizing these effects can be concerned as a foundation to strategic planning in ...

introduction: electronic health record contains all the information related to the health of citizens, from before birth to death have been consistently over time is electronically stored and will be available without regard to location or time all or part of it to authorized persons. the acceptance of ehr by citizens is important in successful implementation of it. the aim of this study was to...