Hospital managers’ attitude and commitment toward electronic medical records system in Isfahan hospitals 2014
Volume 7, Issue 2, May and June 2017, Pages 1-5
. Maryam Jahanbakhsh, . Saeed Karimi, . Akbar Hassanzadeh, . Maliheh Beigi
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Electronic medical record system (EMRS) is a valuable system for safe access
to the patient’s data and increases health care quality. Manpower is one of the requirements for
EMRS, among which manager is the most important person in any hospital. Taking into account
manager’s positive attitude and good commitments, EMRS will be implemented successfully. As
such, we decided to assess manager’s attitude and commitment toward EMRS in Isfahan hospitals
in the year of 2014.
AIM: This article aimed to determine the hospital managers’ attitude and commitment toward the
implementation of EMRS.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present article is an applied analytic study. Research society
consisted of the managers of all the hospitals in Isfahan that include hospitals affiliated to Isfahan
University 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. Data
were analyzed by means of SPSS 20.
RESULTS: Average score for the managers’ attitude toward EMRS in the city of Isfahan was 77.5
out of 100 and their average score for commitment was 74.7. Manager’s attitude in social security
hospitals was more positive than the private and governmental ones (83.3%). In addition, the amount
of commitment by the managers in social security hospitals was higher than the same in private and
governmental hospitals (86.6%).
CONCLUSION: At present, managers’ attitude and commitment in Isfahan hospitals toward EMRS
are very high and social security hospitals show more readiness in this respect.