Challenges Associated With Physicians Acceptance and Usage of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) in Public Hospitals of Addis Ababa
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2013-09
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Addis Ababa University
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Background: - Electronic Medical Record systems represent a departure from traditional paper
records keeping in that they include all records of patient treatment stored in computerized
format. When coupled with networked systems and the internet. the EMR platform offers
increased versatility in terms of transferability of information, greater communication among
doctors, and improvements in quality of care, just to name a few advantages.
Objective : - The general objective of this study is to assess challenges associated with
physicians' acceptance and usage of EMR in public hospitals of Addis Ababa.
Methods: - A cross-sectional study design with quantitative method was conducted among 11
Hospitals under Addis Ababa Health bureau. Addis Ababa University and Federal Ministry of
health from May to June 2013G.C. A total of275 physicians were selected using simple random
sampling technique. The data were collected using self administer structured questionnaire. The
data were entered and cleaned using Epinfo version 3.5. 1 and analyzed using SPSS version 15.
Frequency and percentages were used to describe the study population.
Result : - The study revealed that among the total respondents 46.5% learned how to use
computers by their own. Only 2.5% of the study participants reported they feel discomfort while
using computer. About 53.1% respondents have knowledge of Electronic Medical Records
(EM R). About 43.4% responded that they didn' t get enough support from hosp ital administration
and only 7.9% participants respond they did get full support. More than ha lf percent of
participants acknowledged that time required entering data to the system, reluctant to replace a
paper based medical records in order to integrate with EMR, lack of technical training and
support. EMR increase in physicians work load and Poor typing ability as major factors affecting
acceptance of EMR.
Conclusion and Recommendation: - Generally this finding demonstrates that high proportion
of physicians was supporting implementation of EMR: however. some factors such as lack of
technical training and support. EMR increase work load and time required entering data to the
system affect acceptance of it. So stockholders should device adequate training and support to
them to solve the problem
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Challenges Associated With Physicians Acceptance and Usage of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) in Public Hospitals of Addis Ababa