TY - GEN
T1 - Evaluation systems of the Electronic Medical Records
T2 - 2013 4th IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering and Service Science, ICSESS 2013
AU - Chen, Cheng Mei
AU - Hsu, Chien Yeh
AU - Worley, James Andrew
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - With the development and implementation of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) in various countries, the evaluation systems of the EMRs are also expanding gradually. We systematically reviewed qualitative studies exploring EMRs evaluation systems which include the American Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) EMR Adoption Model (EMRAM), Meaningful Use of EMRs, The People's Republic of China, PRC's EHR evaluation standard, Taiwan EMRs audit program, and then we study the plausibility and feasibility of adopting EMRs as a novel evaluation model. The result shows that the HIMSS EMRAM's main objective is to evaluate an EMRs application level and then to produce a function able market analysis report; meaningful use of EMRs is based on clinical workflow tasks; PRC's EHR evaluation standard specializes on the computerized medical records systems in hospitals; Taiwan EMRs audit program focuses on information security and interoperability. The main differences among these evaluation systems reveal that the infrastructure of information system and developmental goals. Our findings support the necessity of setting up a fulltime organization to continue the promotion of EMRs evaluation process such as HIMSS EMRAM. Furthermore, the government in each region should subsidies those hospitals higher than level/stage 6 in PRC's EHR evaluation standard or HIMSS EMRAM, and that all medical institutions should prepare for being evaluated by suitable evaluation system.
AB - With the development and implementation of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) in various countries, the evaluation systems of the EMRs are also expanding gradually. We systematically reviewed qualitative studies exploring EMRs evaluation systems which include the American Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) EMR Adoption Model (EMRAM), Meaningful Use of EMRs, The People's Republic of China, PRC's EHR evaluation standard, Taiwan EMRs audit program, and then we study the plausibility and feasibility of adopting EMRs as a novel evaluation model. The result shows that the HIMSS EMRAM's main objective is to evaluate an EMRs application level and then to produce a function able market analysis report; meaningful use of EMRs is based on clinical workflow tasks; PRC's EHR evaluation standard specializes on the computerized medical records systems in hospitals; Taiwan EMRs audit program focuses on information security and interoperability. The main differences among these evaluation systems reveal that the infrastructure of information system and developmental goals. Our findings support the necessity of setting up a fulltime organization to continue the promotion of EMRs evaluation process such as HIMSS EMRAM. Furthermore, the government in each region should subsidies those hospitals higher than level/stage 6 in PRC's EHR evaluation standard or HIMSS EMRAM, and that all medical institutions should prepare for being evaluated by suitable evaluation system.
KW - EMRs evaluation system
KW - HIMSS EMRAM
KW - Meaningful Use of EMRs
KW - PRC's EHR evaluation standard
KW - Taiwan EMRs audit program
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U2 - 10.1109/ICSESS.2013.6615371
DO - 10.1109/ICSESS.2013.6615371
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84890078419
SN - 9781467349970
T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering and Service Sciences, ICSESS
SP - 558
EP - 564
BT - ICSESS 2013 - Proceedings of 2013 IEEE 4th International Conference on Software Engineering and Service Science
Y2 - 23 May 2013 through 25 May 2013
ER -