Factors influencing the quality of medical documentation when a paper-based medical records system is replaced with an electronic medical records system: An Iranian case study

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 445-451

  Pourasghar, Faramarz ^a,b,c   Malekafzali, Hossein ^d   Koch, Sabine ^a   Fors, Uno ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Documentation; Electronic medical records; Paper based medical records

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICINE; NURSING;

CASE STUDIES; DOCUMENTATION; EASE-OF-USE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS; ELECTRONIC RECORDS; ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY SITUATIONS; IMPLEMENTATION PHASES; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORDS; PAPER-BASED MEDICAL RECORDS; SEMI-STRUCTURED; SOFTWARE FEATURES;

SYSTEM PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CASE STUDY; CHECKLIST; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; IRAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; DOCUMENTATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; IRAN; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NURSES; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 53149116288     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462308080586     Document Type: Article

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