BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES TO THE ADOPTION OF ELECTRONIC

MEDICAL RECORDS

USMAN MAARUF YAKUBU

MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY

um088@live.mdx.ac.uk

Agenda

Why do we need EMR? E-Health and Electronic

Medical Records. What are the benefits and

challenges from the literature?

Methodology of the research Results from the data. Discussion. Conclusion.

Why do we need EMR?

Healthcare is a billion dollar industry (Caldeira, et al. 2012).

Adults only receive only 50% of recommended preventive care (Shih, et al. 2011).

Medication errors Paper records lost or

destroyed Emergency Aging global population Chronic diseases

E-health and Electronic Medical Records

(EMR) E-health uses information and

communication technology to provide quality healthcare. It can serve in the delivery or enhance of current methods of delivery (Eysenbach, 2001).

Electronic Medical Record is a digital record of all information related to the patient to be viewed by authorized personnel (Leonidas, 2009).

Benefits of EMR from Literature

Eliminates medication error

Process times and waiting time for cues all get

shorter

Clinical guidelines support and improve outcomes

Enhance efficiency, workflow, management and

decisions making

Also it lowers cost, storage space and staff

requirements

Decision making and analytics

Challenges to EMR Adoptionfrom Literature

Privacy and security concerns

 High Cost of Enterprise systems

Time to plan, develop and implement the system

Resistance to change and lack of support by healthcare staff

Difficulty with data entry

Integration/interoperability of medical devices

Consolidating records spread across hospitals

Research Methodology The research gathered

qualitative data with interviews from Healthcare authorities Healthcare administrator Medical device

Vendor/implementer of healthcare solutions.

Data from the research was validated from literature

Analysis, discussion and conclusion were made from the data.

Benefits of Electronic Medical Records from data collected

Challenges to the Adoption of EMR from data collected

Proposed solutions

Conclusion Research was aimed at evaluating the benefits and challenges

to the adoption of EMR and proposed solutions. The benefits included improvements in safety, efficiency,

response times, management and overall quality of care

The challenges were primarily cost, systems integration, data entry and change management and lack of awareness and education.

Solutions include government funding, standardization of EMR systems, education, training, better planning and effective change management.

Limitations and Future Guidelines

Limitations include the research being localized to the U.A.E which is has stable power supply and reliable data networks. Hence challenges may differ for third world countries.

Proposed area for further research is challenges to the adoption of healthcare mobile applications by consumers.

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