Digital Empowerment for Health Workers and Implications on EMRs Utilisation
Abstract: Background and Purpose: Utilization of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) bring many benefits to patient record handling. Previous research has shown that medical doctors in hospitals in Africa had poor IT skills, partly disabling their use of EMRs. Working in health centres, we wanted to know how to improve the digital skills of their personnel. Methods: Qualitative methods including interviews, informal discussions and observation were used for data collection. The study was conducted in three health facilities in Malawi, selected purposively as these were the ones implementing the EMR under study. The study targeted all staff that were capturing data at point of care using the app between January and June 2019. Results: Personnel in the health centres were computer illiterate, even if they used phones, and some smart phones. After computer training, they were still not comfortable using EMRs because their typing speed was delaying the process. Improving the typing speed allowed t.... https://jhia-online.org/index.php/jhia/article/view/262
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Digital Empowerment for Health Workers and Implications on EMRs Utilisation ; volume:6 ; number:2 ; day:07 ; month:03 ; year:2020
Journal of health informatics in Africa ; 6, Heft 2 (07.03.2020)
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Kanjo, Chipo
Hara, Joshua
Kaasbøll, Jens
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10.12856/JHIA-2019-v6-i2-262
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021022209090512110791
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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- Kanjo, Chipo
- Hara, Joshua
- Kaasbøll, Jens
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