Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the elements that health care personnel in Thailand believe are necessary for successful adoption of electronic medical record (EMR) systems. Design/methodology/approach Initial qualitative in-depth interviews with physicians to adapt key elements from the literature to the Thai context. The 12 elements identified included things related to ma...

In recent decades, information technology in healthcare, such as Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system, is potential to improve service quality and cost efficiency of the hospital. The continuous use of EMR systems has generated a great amount of data. However, hospitals tend to use these data to report their operational efficiency rather than to understand their patients. Base on a dataset of...

One of the most difficult National Patient Safety Goals to master is to accurately and completely reconcile medications across the continuum of care. All healthcare providers can agree that reconciliation is valuable, but developing a process that will ensure this is being done at admission, transfer and discharge is difficult. Is there a provider role that should logically take ownership of th...

Many policymakers, industry experts, and medical practitioners contend that the U.S. health care system—in both the public and private sectors— is in crisis. Among the numerous policy issues associated with the provision of US healthcare is the call for increased adoption and use of health care information technology (HIT) to address structural inefficiencies and care quality issues [11, p. 33]...

CONSIDER THIS IRONY OF MODERN LIFE: IN A MEDICAL CRISIS, EMERGENCY physicians would have an easier time accessing a patient’s bank account using his or her automatic teller machine card than they would finding critical medical history using his or her medical insurance card. Medical records, including crucial electrocardiograms, drug allergies, or medical conditions, are typically stored on pap...

OBJECTIVE Current clinical guidelines for managing type 2 diabetes do not differentiate based on patient-specific factors. We present a data-driven algorithm for personalized diabetes management that improves health outcomes relative to the standard of care. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We modeled outcomes under 13 pharmacological therapies based on electronic medical records from 1999 to 2014...

This case study presents a collection of thoughts regarding the process of selecting and deploying an electronic medical record (EMR) in a physician's practice. Practical advice and observations are detailed about what was learned and how the practice has benefited.

The aim of this study is to describe how Belgian family physicians register and use the family history data of their patients in daily practice. Qualitative in-depth semistructured one-to-one interviews were conducted including 16 family physicians in Belgium. These interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analysed. Recurring themes were identified and compared with findings from the existing...

Clinical trials are an important part of modern medical research, however the effort required to find candidates for participation in such trial is significant. With the increasing prevalence of electronic medical records, automated or semi-automated solutions become feasible. We present an semi-automated approach for determining clinical trial eligibility based on information available in an e...

At first, it might be hard to imagine how using an electronic medical record in your practice and in the exam room could improve communication with patients. In fact, it may be easier to see the computer as just another thing that gets in the way of our having meaningful interactions with patients—a third wheel, so to speak. Because patients view communication as the most important factor in th...