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The Electronic Health Record is a very important technology to improve the health care delivery, ... more The Electronic Health Record is a very important technology to improve the health care delivery, but the implementation has been challenging. However despite of all the benefits, physicians are not showing interest in adopting the technology and to compete well in today's market all health institutions must explore the opportunities of the new technology. The aim of this paper is to critically analyze the factors which influence the successful implementation of the EHR system.To achieve the successful implementation of EHR there is need for involvement and participation of all the relevant stakeholder groups in the health sector. Involvement and the dedicated attitude of users is very important to achieve implementation success. A good leadership skill and change management strategy is also very important to manage people. The end users should be communicated too as early as possible to involve them in implementation. Assessing the workflow and ensuring a continuous workflow in the organization is very important. Interoperability is one of the major barriers that must be addressed in implementing an EHR. Staff training on their new job role will facilitate implementation and improve work efficiency and this will help to minimize time spent. Finally, evaluating the organizational needs is also very important in implementation.
Information and Knowledge Management, 2014
Patients including breast cancer patients’ participation in the management of their health is now... more Patients including breast cancer patients’ participation in the management of their health is now an important practice and they need information about their condition for them to make an informed decision about their health. This information can be sought through various media and internet has been found to be the most important medium even for cancer patients. Literature has shown the recommended readability level of online health consumers to be sixth grade level. Websites were selected by trying to mimic how the public search for breast cancer information on the internet. These websites were then evaluated using a readability tests. This study found out that readability is poor with all the websites written above the recommended grade level for health information. Information about breast cancer can be found on the internet by the public. The readability of online health information is a very serious issue. Keywords: Readability, Informed patient, health information online, inte...
The Electronic Health Record is a very important technology to improve the health care delivery, ... more The Electronic Health Record is a very important technology to improve the health care delivery, but the implementation has been challenging. However despite of all the benefits, physicians are not showing interest in adopting the technology and to compete well in today's market all health institutions must explore the opportunities of the new technology. The aim of this paper is to critically analyze the factors which influence the successful implementation of the EHR system.To achieve the successful implementation of EHR there is need for involvement and participation of all the relevant stakeholder groups in the health sector. Involvement and the dedicated attitude of users is very important to achieve implementation success. A good leadership skill and change management strategy is also very important to manage people. The end users should be communicated too as early as possible to involve them in implementation. Assessing the workflow and ensuring a continuous workflow in ...
Information and Knowledge Management, 2014
Patients including breast cancer patients' participation in the management of their health is now... more Patients including breast cancer patients' participation in the management of their health is now an important practice and they need information about their condition for them to make an informed decision about their health. This information can be sought through various media and internet has been found to be the most important medium even for cancer patients. Literature has shown the recommended readability level of online health consumers to be sixth grade level. Websites were selected by trying to mimic how the public search for breast cancer information on the internet. These websites were then evaluated using a readability tests. This study found out that readability is poor with all the websites written above the recommended grade level for health information. Information about breast cancer can be found on the internet by the public. The readability of online health information is a very serious issue.
The Electronic Health Record is a very important technology to improve the health care delivery, ... more The Electronic Health Record is a very important technology to improve the health care delivery, but the implementation has been challenging. However despite of all the benefits, physicians are not showing interest in adopting the technology and to compete well in today's market all health institutions must explore the opportunities of the new technology. The aim of this paper is to critically analyze the factors which influence the successful implementation of the EHR system.To achieve the successful implementation of EHR there is need for involvement and participation of all the relevant stakeholder groups in the health sector. Involvement and the dedicated attitude of users is very important to achieve implementation success. A good leadership skill and change management strategy is also very important to manage people. The end users should be communicated too as early as possible to involve them in implementation. Assessing the workflow and ensuring a continuous workflow in the organization is very important. Interoperability is one of the major barriers that must be addressed in implementing an EHR. Staff training on their new job role will facilitate implementation and improve work efficiency and this will help to minimize time spent. Finally, evaluating the organizational needs is also very important in implementation.
Information and Knowledge Management, 2014
Patients including breast cancer patients’ participation in the management of their health is now... more Patients including breast cancer patients’ participation in the management of their health is now an important practice and they need information about their condition for them to make an informed decision about their health. This information can be sought through various media and internet has been found to be the most important medium even for cancer patients. Literature has shown the recommended readability level of online health consumers to be sixth grade level. Websites were selected by trying to mimic how the public search for breast cancer information on the internet. These websites were then evaluated using a readability tests. This study found out that readability is poor with all the websites written above the recommended grade level for health information. Information about breast cancer can be found on the internet by the public. The readability of online health information is a very serious issue. Keywords: Readability, Informed patient, health information online, inte...
The Electronic Health Record is a very important technology to improve the health care delivery, ... more The Electronic Health Record is a very important technology to improve the health care delivery, but the implementation has been challenging. However despite of all the benefits, physicians are not showing interest in adopting the technology and to compete well in today's market all health institutions must explore the opportunities of the new technology. The aim of this paper is to critically analyze the factors which influence the successful implementation of the EHR system.To achieve the successful implementation of EHR there is need for involvement and participation of all the relevant stakeholder groups in the health sector. Involvement and the dedicated attitude of users is very important to achieve implementation success. A good leadership skill and change management strategy is also very important to manage people. The end users should be communicated too as early as possible to involve them in implementation. Assessing the workflow and ensuring a continuous workflow in ...
Information and Knowledge Management, 2014
Patients including breast cancer patients' participation in the management of their health is now... more Patients including breast cancer patients' participation in the management of their health is now an important practice and they need information about their condition for them to make an informed decision about their health. This information can be sought through various media and internet has been found to be the most important medium even for cancer patients. Literature has shown the recommended readability level of online health consumers to be sixth grade level. Websites were selected by trying to mimic how the public search for breast cancer information on the internet. These websites were then evaluated using a readability tests. This study found out that readability is poor with all the websites written above the recommended grade level for health information. Information about breast cancer can be found on the internet by the public. The readability of online health information is a very serious issue.