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  • Facilitators and Barriers to User Adoption of Electronic Health Record Systems

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    Author(s)
    Najaftorkaman, Mohammadreza
    Primary Supervisor
    Ghapanchi, Amir
    Other Supervisors
    Pullan, Wayne
    Year published
    2016
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    Abstract
    Information Technology (IT) applications have brought massive changes in healthcare and health providers have shifted from paper-based systems to computerized ones. The electronic medical record (EMR) and personal health record (PHR) are good examples of the application of IT in healthcare settings. Despite the enormous benefits of the available applications in healthcare, the adoption of EMR in primary care has been identified at 38.4 percent in the U.S., in Denmark, almost 62 percent of doctors use EMR, while only 55 percent of Australian physicians apply EMR systems (Sicotte et al. 2016; Venkatesh et al. 2011). Furthermore, ...
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    Information Technology (IT) applications have brought massive changes in healthcare and health providers have shifted from paper-based systems to computerized ones. The electronic medical record (EMR) and personal health record (PHR) are good examples of the application of IT in healthcare settings. Despite the enormous benefits of the available applications in healthcare, the adoption of EMR in primary care has been identified at 38.4 percent in the U.S., in Denmark, almost 62 percent of doctors use EMR, while only 55 percent of Australian physicians apply EMR systems (Sicotte et al. 2016; Venkatesh et al. 2011). Furthermore, with regard to the PHR system, the Australian government’s development of a national PHR system (personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR) system) in 2010 was a part of their national e-health strategy to overcome common challenges such as medication errors, fragmented sources of health information, repetition of tests, an increase in chronic illness, workforce resource constraints, and individuals’ changing expectations of technology. The Australian government expected that 500,000 users would register at the first release of the national PHR system; however, only 400,000 users have signed up to this system and of those, many registered but their records remain empty.
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    Thesis Type
    Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
    Degree Program
    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
    School
    School of information and Communication Technology
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.25904/1912/3825
    Copyright Statement
    The author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
    Item Access Status
    Public
    Subject
    Information technology (IT) applications
    Electronic medical record (EMR)
    Personal health record (PHR)
    IT in healthcare
    Electronic health record (PCEHR) system)
    User adoption of online health records
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/368008
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    • Theses - Higher Degree by Research

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