An assessment on the factors militating against effective implementation of Electronic Health Records (EHR) in Nigeria Department: Health Information Management By: asaolufrancis Project ID: 7366 Rating: (5.0) votes: 1Rate this project12345 Price:₦3000 Get the Complete MaterialAbstractThis study assessed the factors militating against the effective implementation of electronic health records (EHR) in Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC). An electronic health record is the computerization of patients’ health records. Electronic health records have a lot of benefits among which are improved patient satisfaction, improved care processes, reduction of patients’ waiting time, and medication errors. Despite these influential benefits, healthcare organizations are slow to adopt electronic health records systems. Therefore the current study assessed the factors militating against the effective implementation of electronic health records system in OAUTHC. The study examined the level of awareness of electronic health records in OAUTHC, it examined the level of electronic health records in OAUTHC, it also investigated the factors militating against the effective implementation of electronic health records in OAUTHC as well as the relationships that exist among these factors. Descriptive design was adopted in the study. The study population is 1758, simple random sampling was used to choose a sample size of 175 respondents from the population and the instrument used for obtaining responses from the respondents was structured questionnaires. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20.0 was used to analyze the data gathered from the respondents. Findings revealed that the respondents had a high level of awareness of electronic health records with an average mean of 1.25....Preview Download Preview +Other Health Information Management project topics and materials you might be interested in»Analysis of filing system and consequences of misfiling»Evaluation of the problems and constraints facing health record keeping and professionals»Impact of health information management in healthcare delivery»Assessment of challenges of health information management practice in General Hospital Ilorin, Kwara State»Analysis of filing system and consequences of misfiling patients health records in University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Kwara state»A study into causes of misfiling among health information management professionals in health records department - case study of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Kwara state»Evaluation of confidentiality of patient health records among hospital staff»Factors militating against effective documentation in health care delivery system in University of Benin Teaching Hospital Benin City, Edo state»Effect of lack of health information computerization in the primary health care system»Evaluation of patient appointment system - a case study of university of Ilorin teaching hospital»Causes and consequences of breach of confidentiality of patient health information in Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos state»Impact of health statistics in the health care delivery system at University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State»Impact of electronic medical records on patients waiting time in health care delivery system in Federal Medical Center, Asaba, Delta state»Evaluation of the importance of health information management in primary health care»Knowledge and perception of health information management professionals on electronic coding for quality clinical data in University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara state