title: Usefulness of the functionalities of an electronic medical record on a Latin American medical web portal.
abstract: The medical record is a key component in the modern health systems, a fundamental basis of higher functionalities that guaranties quality care and the possibility of improved clinical management. The dissemination of information systems for the electronic medical record (EMR) has a growing acceptance and use in developed countries. This type of recognition however has not been widespread in Latin America. Realizing this we conducted a web survey to users of a Latin American medical portal to assess their perception of the EMRs usefulness. Among the results we found that over 90% of respondents were in favor of its use, with values that exceed 80% in the analysis of the utilities by categories. More in-depth studies are needed to determine the reasons for the lack of dissemination and implementation of EMR in our region.
authors.affiliation: Medical Web Portal IntraMed. aflichten@intramed.net
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Flichtentrei
authors.forename: Florencia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Braga
authors.forename: Darío
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jamsech
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Otero
authors.forename: Martín
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Waldhorn
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Luna
authors.forename: Fernan Gonzalez Bernaldo
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: de Quiros
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D033181:Information Dissemination; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007843:Latin America; D010820:Physicians; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014600:Utilization Review