Usefulness of the functionalities of an electronic medical record on a Latin American medical web portal.
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.
Flichtentrei
Daniel
D
Medical Web Portal IntraMed. aflichten@intramed.net
Braga
Florencia
F
García
Darío
D
Jamsech
Jorge
J
Otero
Carlos
C
Waldhorn
Martín
M
Luna
Daniel
D
de Quiros
Fernan Gonzalez Bernaldo
FG
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