Background
There have been few studies conducted on Electronic Medical Records
(EMR) among medical doctors who practice in resource limited settings.
This study aimed to assess the attitude to and willingness of medical
doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital to use EMR and to
identify the factors that are associated with the willingness to use
EMR.
Methods
A stratified sampling method was used to select medical doctors to
participate in the study according to their experience and professional
cadre. A pretested self-administered questionnaire was used to collect
data which were entered and analyzed using the Epi-info version 7
software. Statistically significant associations were tested using the
chi-square and fishers exact tests.
Results
There were 202 participants in the study. All (100%) had good
attitude towards EMR. Nearly all of them (96.54%) were willing to use
EMR. There was no significant association between age, gender and
willingness to use EMR. However, there was a statistically significant
association with work duration and IT skills (p< 0.05).
Conclusion
Work duration and IT skills are significant factors in determining
the willingness to use EMR. There is therefore a need to include IT
skills acquisition in medical training so as to increase the chance of
use of EMR.
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