Perceptions of EMR usage by health sciences students in Ghana

Abstract: Background and Purpose: Electronic Medical Records improve healthcare delivery, reduce medical errors and costs among many other benefits. A knowledgeable and willing workforce is an important antecedent to actual EMR use. Students in health training institutions should be educated about these tools in order to encourage adoption in their future workplaces. This study therefore set out to identify factors that could influence perceptions of EMR use among College of Health Science students.  Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of students of the College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana. EMR perception was measured on 5 domains using a 5-point Likert scale measured from 1 (Strongly disagree) to 5 (Strongly agree). Chi-square tests examined significant differences in the levels of agreement across the respondents’ background characteristics, experience and knowledge in computing. Means were used to determine ranking of applications/tools thought to be most useful for resp.... https://jhia-online.org/index.php/jhia/article/view/166

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Perceptions of EMR usage by health sciences students in Ghana ; volume:4 ; number:1 ; day:05 ; month:11 ; year:2017 ; Journal of health informatics in Africa ; 4, Heft 1 (05.11.2017)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: da-Costa Vroom, Frances Baaba ; Godi, Anthony ; Dery, Samuel ; Afagbedzi, Seth

Further information

• DOI: 10.12856/JHIA-2017-v4-i1-166
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021022209124606096128
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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