Electronic health records approaches and challenges: a comparison between Malaysia and four East Asian countries

Abd Ghani, Mohd Khanapi and Bali, Rajeev K. and Naguib, Raouf N.G. and Marshall, Ian M. and Wickramasinghe, Nilmini S. (2008) Electronic health records approaches and challenges: a comparison between Malaysia and four East Asian countries. International Journal of Electronic Healthcare, 4 (1). 78 -104. ISSN 1741-8453

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Abstract

An integrated Lifetime Health Record (LHR) is fundamental for achieving seamless and continuous access to patient medical information and for the continuum of care. However, the aim has not yet been fully realised. The efforts are actively progressing around the globe. Every stage of the development of the LHR initiatives had presented peculiar challenges. The best lessons in life are those of someone else's experiences. This paper presents an overview of the development approaches undertaken by four East Asian countries in implementing a national Electronic Health Record (EHR) in the public health system. The major challenges elicited from the review including integration efforts, process reengineering, funding, people, and law and regulation will be presented, compared, discussed and used as lessons learned for the further development of the Malaysian integrated LHR.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Malaysian health system, health ICT, electronic health records, EHR, health information systems, electronic medical records, HIS, seamless, challenges, patient medical information, electronic healthcare, e-healthcare, Malaysia.
Divisions: Faculty of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Software Engineeering
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Date Deposited: 06 Jan 2012 03:08
Last Modified: 15 Jun 2023 11:41
URI: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/350
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