Title :
Achieving excellence in Electronic Health Record deployment in Middle East hospitals
Author :
Altuwaijri, Majid M.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Public Health & Health Inf., King Saud bin Abdulaziz Univ. for Health Sci., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Abstract :
Some healthcare organizations deployed information technology to improve outcomes, reduce medication errors, increase healthcare efficiency, and eliminate unnecessary costs. However, few studies have been devoted to understanding the process of implementing information systems in hospitals and the drivers of success. In this paper we introduce the experience of one of the leading health organization in Saudi Arabia in implementing a Comprehensive Electronic Health Record (EHR) system. The paper summarizes the 10-year effort of the National Guard Health Affairs (NGHA) towards automating its processes. This effort resulted in receiving the Middle East excellence award in EHR in 2010. The realized benefits gained from the system implementation are explained and the lessons learned are discussed.
Keywords :
health care; hospitals; medical information systems; EHR; Middle East excellence award; Middle East hospital; comprehensive electronic health record system; electronic health record deployment; healthcare organization; Hospitals; Information systems; Organizations; Scheduling; Standards organizations; Training; EHR; Health Information Systems; Project Management; Saudi Hospitals;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI), 2011 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9351-7
DOI :
10.1109/BMEI.2011.6098652
