. Maryam Jahanbakhsh; . Saeed Karimi; . Akbar Hassanzadeh; . Maliheh Beigi
Volume 7, Issue 2 , May and June 2017, , Pages 1-5
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Electronic medical record system (EMRS) is a valuable system for safe accessto the patient’s data and increases health care quality. Manpower is one of the requirements ...
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INTRODUCTION: Electronic medical record system (EMRS) is a valuable system for safe accessto the patient’s data and increases health care quality. Manpower is one of the requirements forEMRS, among which manager is the most important person in any hospital. Taking into accountmanager’s positive attitude and good commitments, EMRS will be implemented successfully. Assuch, we decided to assess manager’s attitude and commitment toward EMRS in Isfahan hospitalsin the year of 2014.AIM: This article aimed to determine the hospital managers’ attitude and commitment toward theimplementation of EMRS.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present article is an applied analytic study. Research societyconsisted of the managers of all the hospitals in Isfahan that include hospitals affiliated to IsfahanUniversity of Medical Sciences, private, and social security hospitals. This study was done in 2014.Data collection tools included a questionnaire for which reliability and validity were determined. Datawere analyzed by means of SPSS 20.RESULTS: Average score for the managers’ attitude toward EMRS in the city of Isfahan was 77.5out of 100 and their average score for commitment was 74.7. Manager’s attitude in social securityhospitals was more positive than the private and governmental ones (83.3%). In addition, the amountof commitment by the managers in social security hospitals was higher than the same in private andgovernmental hospitals (86.6%).CONCLUSION: At present, managers’ attitude and commitment in Isfahan hospitals toward EMRSare very high and social security hospitals show more readiness in this respect.
