EMR System: Analysis, Findings, and Application for Social Change

This doctoral project presents an analysis of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Systems based on primary quantitative data collected from medical professionals. The findings indicate a positive reception of EMR systems, highlighting their advantages over manual record-keeping, such as reduced errors and improved efficiency. The study explores the system's functionality, ease of use, and overall experience, revealing that while most users find the system beneficial, there is room for improvement in user-friendliness. The project further discusses the application of these findings to the field of practice, emphasizing the potential for widespread adoption and unification of EMR systems across organizations. This can lead to improved patient care, reduced medical errors, and a more streamlined healthcare administration, ultimately contributing to positive social change by benefiting a greater number of patients and reducing the workload on medical staff. Desklib offers a range of solved assignments and resources for students.

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Section 3 of your doctoral study: Presentation of your analysis of results and findings.
The data analysis that is used to obtain the results and the findings is quantitative analysis
and the data is primary data. Primary data signifies the data that is collected first hand by the
researcher, the data is not used or analyzed by anyone before4 this research was done. In the case
of quantitative analysis, it means, that the data which is collected is composed of answers and
responses that can be put into numerical values. This research approach is adopted in this case
because, primary data will help to collect the data that 6is most required and that is most relevant
ion this case. In addition quantitative data will enable the researcher to put the responses into
numerical structure, and percentage and the findings can be presented in an easier way to explain
the impact of the Electronic Medical Record System in Medical Administration.
Q1. Is Electronic record system useful in medical administration?
Options Number of
respondents
Response percentage Total Respondents
yes 59 59% 100
no 41 354% 100
Q2. Is it important to maintain an Electronic record system for errorless record keeping?
Options Number of
respondents
Response percentage Total Respondents
yes 65 65% 100
no 35 35% 100

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Q3. Is Electronic record system more advantageous over manual systems?
Options Number of
respondents
Response percentage Total Respondents
yes 60 60% 100
no 40 40% 100
Q4. Does the Electronic medical record system function according to your expectations?
Options Number of
respondents
Response percentage Total Respondents
yes 56 56% 100
no 44 44% 100
Q5. How well the new Electronic Medical record interface with key systems you use regularly?
Options Number of
respondents
Response percentage Total Respondents
Very well 50 50% 100
well 30 30% 100
Not very well 20 20% 100

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Q6. Do you understand the system well and are aware about the utilities of the system properly?
Options Number of
respondents
Response percentage Total Respondents
yes 65 65% 100
no 35 35% 100
Q7. What is the level of ease of use of the Electronic medical record system?
Options Number of
respondents
Response percentage Total Respondents
Very easy 50 50% 100
easy 30 30% 100
Not very easy 20 20% 100
Q8. Does the new medical record system reduce the time required to be spent per patient?
Options Number of
respondents
Response percentage Total Respondents
yes 63 63% 100
no 37 37% 100
Q9. Can you include more patients per day after the induction of the new Electronic Medical
Record System?

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Options Number of
respondents
Response percentage Total Respondents
yes 65 65% 100
no 35 35% 100
Q10. What is the overall experience of using the new Electronic Medical Record System?
Options Number of
respondents
Response percentage Total Respondents
Very good 55 55% 100
good 35 35% 100
Not very good 10 10% 100
Analysis-
A detailed analysis of the above response and states that the Electronic Medical Record
System has been received well by the community for whom it is meant to be used. The Doctors,
nurses and the front office staffs who are intended to be the primary users of the Electronic
Medical Record System have given positive review about the new system. In the first question
most of the people believe that the Electronic Medical Record System will help to improve the
situation and most of the respondents have responded that t6he new system will help in
developing an errorless system of medical record. The manual system of electronic medical
record has been historically abused of having several errors and flaws, for which many times
medication errors have been found to take place which may result in serious consequences. The

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electronic medical records system is proved to be more advantageous over the manual record
system, because there is no require to repeatedly enter the details manually, and electronically
updating the existing information will solve the purpose.
56% of the respondents believe that the system meets the expectation of the medical
staffs, and the level of accuracy and speed with which Electronic Medical Record System works
is helpful to complete their responsibilities on time. However, the number of respondents, when
asked about the ease of use of the Electronic Medical Record System, are low to say that it is
“very easy to use”. Only 50 of the respondents have stated that the system is very easy to use,
and 30 have stated that the system is “easy to use” and only a 20%. 55% of the total respondents
have agreed that the overall experience of using the Electronic Medical Record System is “very
good”. This is a positive indication that the medical community is adapting itself to using new
technology in the sector of administration.
All the big medical organization are already having their own Electronic Medical Record
System. However, the system that is proposed here is a higher and more advanced version of the
system, which will reduce the manual part of the entry and increase automation while reducing
the time require for each patient. This will help in making window for supporting more patients,
and reducing flaws and errors in medication or in the treatment process. The new Electronic
Medical Record System will have predictive programming which will predict the outcomes in a
patient if the patients rate of improvement remain the same and the patient consume the
medication properly at the same rate. Also the system will predict possible outcomes if the
patient discontinues medication. This will be achieved through programming the system with
historical data in such case where the patients in the past has shown similar symptoms, their
medical history will be fed to the software which will help it in predicting the outcomes.

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Section 4 of your doctoral study: Application of your findings to your field of practice and
implications for positive social change.
The findings of the study show a positive response towards the Electronic Medical
Record System, and the medical fraternity is already accepting its advantage over the present
record system which is more manual, and requires more time to maintain. The front office staff
has to enter every record manually and then the record has to be handed over to the doctor who
maintains his own file for keeping his records of medication, and therapy. However, in the new
system it is proposed that the official identity card of the person will be scanned which will
transfer all the data to the system so there is much less time required for manual entry. The
doctor will not have to enter the medical records manually every time, and the digital
prescription which he makes once will be calibrated within the system, and kept as the record of
medication, and a notification will also be sent to the patient in his registered mobile number, the
notification will also be sent to the person taki8ng care of the patient and the whole system will
be digitally monitored by the expert team, who will be keeping tab on any discrepancy or
mistake. If any updating is made in the prescription by the doctor the record will be again
updated in the system and the patients will again get notified. The system will predict trends of
health of the patient, and any improvement or deterioration.
The application of the newly developed Electronic Medical Record System will be
widespread across organizations, and if possible all the Electronic Medical Record Systems can
be unified and connected, so that if a patient changes the medical organization the past history of
his medical condition can be reviewed.
In the new system there will be scope for treating more patients in lesser time therefore
there will be window for treating more patients. It will serve a social cause by reducing the

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number of medical errors, and casualties caused by medical errors, which is a big problem in the
medical administration today. When there will be scope for treating more patients greater
number of people will be benefitted. The new Electronic Medical Record System will also be
helpful for the doctors, nurses and other administrative staffs at the medical organization, by
reducing their work burden and giving them more support to prescribe medicine in an errorless
manner. The software will keep a tab on any mistakes that might happen, also the separate team
which will be checking for discrepancies.
The application of the system will start from the administrative level, and then slowly it
will be utilized even in the medicine and therapy departments. All the different departments will
be then synchronized so that there is no mismatch of work in the people working towards the
same objective of patient welfare. The hospitals will be shaped as a single entity and not as
different and separate departments. The synchronization in various departments will help the
patients to get faster service in an accurate manner, and the medical administration will be easier
to maintain and perform.

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