Table 3.
Views of respondents on the benefit of the EMR system
| Items | Respondents Hospital | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Paul's | Ayder | |||
| Freq | % | Freq | % | |
| EMR will change /already changed the process of patient care? | ||||
| Significantly | 61 | 84.7% | 62 | 62.0% |
| Small degree | 7 | 9.7% | 25 | 25.0% |
| Not at all | 4 | 5.6% | 13 | 13.0% |
| EMR will change/already changed the quality of care? | ||||
| Will Improve | 67 | 93.1% | 84 | 84.0% |
| Decrease | 0 | 0.0% | 9 | 9.0% |
| No change | 5 | 6.9% | 7 | 7.0% |
| EMR has a benefit of increasing practice productivity | ||||
| Yes | 60 | 83.3% | 85 | 85.0% |
| No | 12 | 16.7% | 15 | 15.0% |
| EMR has a benefit of decreasing the work load and enhancing efficiency of providers | ||||
| Yes | 60 | 83.3% | 78 | 78.0% |
| No | 12 | 16.7% | 22 | 22.0% |
| EMR system is safe and secured as compared to a paper based medical record system | ||||
| Yes | 63 | 87.5% | 86 | 86.0% |
| No | 9 | 12.5% | 14 | 14.0% |