An Assessment of Success Factors and Challenges in Implementation of Electronic Medical Record System in Referral Hospital in Northern Tanzania
Emanuel Q. Nuwas, Joshua G. Gidabayda, Fanuel Bellet, Godfrey Guga, Martin Matu · 2023
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Emanuel Nuwas and four co-authors assess an electronic medical record system in a Tanzanian hospital in a study from two thousand twenty-three. Digital records can lift care quality in low-resource settings, but regional hospitals report little on what makes rollout succeed or fail. Their site was Haydom Lutheran Hospital, a referral center in the north.
Over three hundred staff took surveys and key informant interviews. Ease of use, relevance to work, leadership, staff involvement, and local champions drove success. Net gains included faster service and better resource management. Challenges were thin training, low funding, and too little computer equipment. Older staff groups saw more net benefit than the youngest. The authors call for funding, training, and steady support to sustain the system.
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| CREATOR | Emanuel Q. Nuwas, Joshua G. Gidabayda, Fanuel Bellet, Godfrey Guga, Martin Matu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |