A Proposed Framework for Developing an Electronic Medical Record System

Abstract

The deployment of an electronic medical records (EMR) raises several important issues. Those addressed in this study are the access to such a system, the satisfaction on the security and authorization protocols to follow, the awareness of backup and recovery mechanisms in place, and the appreciation of the training of the IT staff. This qualitative study took place in the natural setting of the medical units' environments. A purposive sample of 40 professionals in Greece and Oman was used. The study underlines that the patients should have access to their records, whereas for the pharmacists the professionals' views are seriously divided. Every other person's access to such a record should be restricted and recorded. The professionals are satisfied with the security level, the ICTs training, and the backup and recovery mechanism in place. They almost all admitted there is an authorization schema followed to access the EMR. The main contribution of the study is the proposal of a framework of policies and procedures for the development of such a system.

Information systems security resilience as a dynamic capability

“…The complexity of detecting and averting cyberattacks is growing as we move to a post-pandemic world that has normalized new organizational models, such as working from home. The complexity is exacerbated by the advent of technologies such as artificial intelligence (Akter et al ., 2021; Varsha et al ., 2021), the Internet of Things (Huang et al ., 2021; Peng et al ., 2021), blockchain ( Teoh, 2022) and other highly interoperable systems (Lee et al ., 2021; Xanthidis and Xanthidou, 2021). Not surprisingly, disruptions and shortages due to the COVID-19 pandemic that revealed weaknesses in inter-organizational systems forced increased focus on the resilience of supply chains, resulting in a plethora of research on the topic (Tukamuhabwa et al ., 2015).…”

Valuing Your Patient's Opinion

“…Patient surveys are a common method for determining patient satisfaction and their experiences within a healthcare system. The measures of interest are varied, but a commonality between them is the purpose of the surveys to measure patient satisfaction (Xanthidis & Xanthidou, 2021;Xia et al, 2020). Multiple instruments exist with a variety of different constructs in order to measure these factors (Davis et al, 1995;Ramsey et al, 1993).…”

Healthcare Big Data Privacy Protection Model Based on Risk-Adaptive Access Control

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