Issues and challenges in ehr implementation in primary care
- 1. Issues and Challenges in Implementing Electronic Health Records in Primary Care
- 2. What is Electronic Health Record (EHR)? Benefits ✗ Improve the accuracy and quality of data recorded in a health record ✗ Enhance healthcare practitioners’ access to a patient’s healthcare information ✗ Improve the quality of care as a result of having health information immediately available ✗ Improve the efficiency of the health record service ✗ Contain healthcare costs The digital version of a patient's paper chart. EHRs are real-time, patient-centered records that make information available instantly and securely to authorized users. 2
- 3. What are the Issues and Challenges in Implementing EHR?
- 4. Issues and Challenges in Implementation ✗ Technical Challenges ✗ Cost ✗ People and Training ✗ Management and Workflow ✗ Privacy and Data Security 4
- 5. Technical Challenges ✗ Standardization ✗ EHR usability ✗ Quality of information ✗ Infrastructure ✗ Technical support 5
- 6. Cost ✗ Infrastructure and computer systems ✗ Training ✗ Manpower ✗ System Support 6
- 7. People and Training ✗ User Resistance: Change Resistant and Computer Technology ✗ Training and Trainers 7
- 8. Management and Workflow ✗ Involvement of administrators and leaders. ✗ Changes in the process and workflow. 8
- 9. Privacy and Data Security ✗ Legal Complicance ✗ Information Availablity ✗ Back-up 9
- 10. How to address the challeges? 10
- 11. 11 Thanks! Any questions? You can find me at: ✗ brainbogglingweb.wordpress.com ✗ jtjavier3@up.edu.ph ✗ jtjavier@stlukes.com.ph
- 12. References: ✗ 6 common challenges in EHR implementation ✗ Electronic Health Records: Manual for Developing Countries ✗ Adopting electronic medical records in primary care - D.A. Ludwick a,b,∗, John Doucette a,c ✗ Presentation template by SlidesCarnival 12