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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: impact of implementing electronic health record system in Malaysia
  name:
    name part: Maznah Ahmad
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: International Islamic University Malaysia
    name part: Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology
  genre: Theses, IIUM local
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: my
    place:
      place term: Kuala Lumpur
    publisher: Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology, International Islamic University Malaysia
    date issued: 2014
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    extent: xviii, 239 leaves : ill. ; 30cm.
  abstract: The applications of the Internet technology have contributed in the advancements in many fields including education, business, health and entertainment. In the field of medicine, new concepts like telemedicine, e-medicine and health informatics have been introduced to optimize healthcare services. Driven by the needs to facilitate the administrative process and reduce medical errors, healthcare institutions may decide to use the electronic health records (EHR) and as a result will most likely undergo changes in its clinical work processes. In spite of all the benefits, the use and implementation of EHR in hospitals usually face difficulties and obstacles. Besides challenges in the implementation complexity in its content, integration of various workflows and communication of databases, the resistance from the people involved remains the biggest factor. Healthcare practitioners may look at the system as hindrance to their effective clinical work during patient consultation due to the inconvenience of having to key in data and carrying their laptops to inappropriate places. While numerous researches can be found in the area of technology acceptance in healthcare systems, much work needs to be done in investigating the implementation process of the system and its impact within the healthcare institutions, especially in the Malaysian context. As such, this study seeks to investigate the implementation process of EHR in the selected Malaysia healthcare institutions and its influence on the healthcare practitioners using a case study approach. This multi-method research will incorporate the findings of the qualitative study in the beginning and the results of a survey among healthcare practitioners. As a result, the study has identified the different models of implementation being used in the selected institutions and proceeded to study whether the implementation process impacts system service quality in terms of healthcare practitioners' utilization and their satisfactio…
  note: by Maznah Ahmad
  note: Thesis (Ph.D)--International Islamic University Malaysia, 2014.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 182-189)
  subject:
    geographic code: a-my---
  classification: R864
  identifier: http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/5564
  record info:
    record content source: UIAM
    record creation date: 141002
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng