Measuring effectiveness of electronic medical records systems: Towards building a composite index for benchmarking hospitals

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 657-669

  Otieno, George Ochieng ^a   Hinako, Toyama ^a   Motohiro, Asonuma ^a   Daisuke, Koide ^b   Keiko, Naitoh ^c  

^a Graduate School   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Takagi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

EMR system composite index; EMR systems; Evaluation; Hospital information systems; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; ELECTRIC RELAYS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; HOSPITALS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; LABELING; LABELS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; NURSING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; STANDARDS;

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICERS; COMPOSITE INDEX; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CRITICAL TIME; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS; EMR SYSTEM COMPOSITE INDEX; EMR SYSTEMS; EVALUATION; EXTERNAL FACTORS; FOUR DIMENSIONS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION QUALITY; INTERNAL DIMENSIONS; PATIENT SAFETY; POW ERFUL TOOL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA); PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RESEARCH OBJECTIVES; SYSTEM QUALITY; USER SATISFACTION;

HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL; JAPANESE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SATISFACTION; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; BENCHMARKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED;

ACCOUNTING; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC RELAYS; ELECTRONICS; EVALUATION; HEALTH; HOSPITALS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LABELING; LABELS; MEDICAL SURGICAL SUPPLIES; STANDARDS;

EID: 48949106500     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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