Making electronic health records support quality management: A narrative review

Abstract

The findings resonates well with previous reviews, though two factors making EHR support QM seem new, namely: political goals and strategies, and integration of guidelines for clinical conduct. Lacking EHR type specification and diversity in study method imply that there is a strong need for further research on the factors that may make EHR may support QM.

Shaping a buyer's software selection process through tendering legislation

“…Electronic health records are integrated software platforms that are used by health care providers to create, store, update, maintain, and share medical information about patients. Such systems are used in primary, secondary, and tertiary care and seen as essential technologies for modern health care provision (Häyrinen, Saranto, & Nykänen, ; Triantafillou, ).…”

“…Finally, the software selection context of our case is exemplary for many acquisitions of extensive software packages by large public health care providers. A recent review shows how, at least in EHR implementation, all 3 decision‐making rationalities are at play (Triantafillou, ). The lessons learned from this case, in terms of its process and outcome, may thus have value for others sharing the context.…”

Identification of Fundamental Issues Relevant to Implementing Electronic Health Record Medication Reconciliation: Case of Noor Hospital in Iran

“…The trend of demand for electronic healthcare was considerable (Ndifon et al, 2016). In another study by Gonzalez (2013), the outstanding merits of national EHR technology are inclusive of -care continuum, reduction in costs, managing medications, long-term strategic point of view and portability, emergency episode management and empowering patients.‖ The inception of proposing implementing EHR in hospitals in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries traces back virtually 1990s (Triantafillou, 2017). To highlight implementing EHR and benefits associated with it, Nguyen, Bellucci, and Nguyen (2014) conducted a systematic literature review paper regarding EHR implementation in the hospital around the world.…”

“…The research methodology was based on academic literature and searching in various valid databases such as Web of Science, EBSCO, Scopus, and others. As cited by Triantafillou (2017), quality management is a function of three dimensions, which are clinical outcomes, managerial monitoring, and cost-effectiveness. Results of the review of 39 types of research revealed that 29 studies supported the clinical outcomes.…”

“…By reviewing the literature by the author of the article, it is explicit that scholars around the world have conducted exemplary studies to uncover myriad advantages of EHR implementation in hospitals including developed and developing countries such as researches by (Boonstra, Versluis, & Vos, 2014;Darvish & Far, 2017;Ndifon, Edwards, & Halawi, 2016;Rangachari et al, 2019;Triantafillou, 2017;Tubaishat, 2019) that will be reviewed comprehensively later. The main ratiocination that lies behind reviewing mentioned researches is that EHR implementation has salubrious effects on the wellbeing of patients and increasing productivity and amelioration of working environment and it has a positive impact on the quality management and its dimensions as cited by (Triantafillou, 2017). Another outstanding point is that Iran literature recapitulates studies which not dealing with implementing EHR in the Iranian hospitals as delineated by Darvish and Far (2017) and the author can deduce that dearth of research in this era is unpropitious.…”