Factors Influencing Electronic Medical Record Systems Success in Selected Tertiary Healthcare Facilities in South-West, Nigeria

Abstract

Survey research design of the correlational type was employed for this study using stratified random sampling to select two hundred and forty-five (245) respondents. The research instrument which was a structured questionnaire was tagged Adoption Factors and Usage Evaluation of Electronic medical record systems System Success. A total of 222 copies research questionnaire were filled and returned. A statistical package for social science application was used in analysing the results of the research using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient for hypotheses one and two, and multiple regression analysis for the hypotheses three and four. The result from the study revealed that there was a positive significant correlation between adoption factors and EMRS systems’ success (r= 0.440) and there was a strong positive correlation between usage evaluation and system success of EMRS in the two healthcare facilities (r= 0.618). More so, findings showed that adoption factors jointly and significantly affect EMRS system success with coefficient of 0.648, and a multiple R square of 0.420. And there was also a relative contribution of adoption factors (β = 0.215) and usage evaluation (0.526) on EMRS success. The study concludes that electronic medical record systems have become a standard for every healthcare facility for improvement in the efficiency and profitability of the organisations. The study therefore recommends that, all healthcare facilities in Nigeria should adopt the electronic medical record systems, and all healthcare providers should be given thorough training on the use of EMRS.

Utilization of electronic health records and associated factors among nurses in a faith-based teaching hospital, Ilishan, Nigeria

“…Studies have shown similar findings to our studies that most of the nurses were females and had bachelor’s degree qualifications. 7 , 10 , 15 , 16 In contrast to other studies however, 7 , 17 the current study showed that a higher proportion of nurses had received EHR training sponsored by the institution, had a wide availability of institution-owned electronic solutions, and an enabling environment. In contrast, previous studies showed that nurses were willing to use EHR system but lacked training and necessary technological devices.…”

Adoption of Electronic Medical Records in Tertiary Health Care Centres: A Survey of Federal Medical Centres in South-South Nigeria

“…In other words, they constitute a part of tertiary health care facilities in Nigeria. Adegbore and Omowumi (2021) observe that electronic medical record systems have become a standard for tertiary healthcare facilities in South-West Nigeria. As an important innovation of the 21 st century, issues surrounding electronic medical records have attracted the attention of researchers around the world.…”

“…3. Federal medical centres management should engage the services of information and communication technology (ICT) experts in the implementation of electronic medical records systems to ensure effective integration of ICT initiatives in the medical centres.…”

Impact of electronic medical records on healthcare delivery in Nigeria: A Review

“…The impact of the introduction of the EMRs has not been well studied. Most of the published literature have been perspective papers and reviews [4][5][6], case studies describing the practical experiences of hospitals setting up EMRs [7][8][9][10], primary studies exploring the barriers hindering their adoption [1,[11][12][13][14][15] and studies leveraging EMRs for research [16][17][18][19]. Several primary studies have however assessed the impact of EMRs on patient-relevant outcomes [8,[20][21][22][23][24][25], but no reviews have synthesized the evidence from them.…”