Table 5.
Respondents perception and willingness to use EMR for future clinical practice
| Items | Respondents Institution | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Paul's | Ayder Hospital | |||
| Freq | % | Freq | % | |
| It would be easy for me to become skillful at using EMRs | ||||
| Strongly disagree | 0 | 0.0% | 5 | 5.0% |
| Disagree | 5 | 6.9% | 10 | 10.0% |
| Don't know | 6 | 8.3% | 7 | 7.0% |
| Agree | 40 | 55.6% | 55 | 55.0% |
| Strongly agree | 21 | 29.2% | 23 | 23.0% |
| I prefer EMR over paper charting | ||||
| Strongly disagree | 1 | 1.4% | 9 | 9.0% |
| Disagree | 7 | 9.7% | 9 | 9.0% |
| Don't know | 3 | 4.2% | 12 | 12.0% |
| Agree | 32 | 44.4% | 39 | 39.0% |
| Strongly agree | 29 | 40.3% | 31 | 31.0% |
| Patient information obtained from EMR is more complete as compared to Paper medical record | ||||
| Strongly disagree | 0 | 0.0% | 6 | 6.0% |
| Disagree | 8 | 11.1% | 23 | 23.0% |
| Don't know | 11 | 15.3% | 11 | 11.0% |
| Agree | 28 | 38.9% | 39 | 39.0% |
| Strongly agree | 25 | 34.7% | 21 | 21.0% |
| My involvement at the system design and during the EMR implementation phase will make the EMR more useful to me | ||||
| Strongly disagree | 0 | 0.0% | 4 | 4.0% |
| Disagree | 1 | 1.4% | 4 | 4.0% |
| Don't know | 5 | 6.9% | 9 | 9.0% |
| Agree | 42 | 58.3% | 65 | 65.0% |
| Strongly agree | 24 | 33.3% | 18 | 18.0% |
| I would like to use EMRs in my work in future | ||||
| Strongly disagree | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 2.0% |
| Disagree | 1 | 1.4% | 4 | 4.0% |
| Don't know | 2 | 2.8% | 4 | 4.0% |
| Agree | 26 | 36.1% | 44 | 44.4% |
| Strongly agree | 43 | 59.7% | 45 | 45.5% |