Use of electronic medical records in the digital healthcare system and its role in communication and medical information sharing among healthcare professionals

Abstract

It is important for the future of electronic health services to determine the attitudes of physicians and nurses towards electronic medical records (EMR) in communication and sharing information (CSI), the type of medical record they prefer and the main problems, they experience. For this purpose, the study was carried out in a university hospital with a 963-bed capacity in Türkiye in 2022 to collect data from the field. The survey method was used in the research and the data were collected by means of a printed questionnaire. The frequency of use of EMRs (3.82 ± 1.07) and CSI behaviors (3.76 ± 0.082) of physicians and nurses in the performance of daily tasks in the hospital were also determined. There was a moderate positive correlation between the use of EMRs and CSI behavior (r = 0.442; p < .05) and that the use of EMRs explained 20 % of the variability in CSI behavior. Paper forms continue to be used due to legal requirements and distrust of electronic records. There is a positive and significant relationship between the use of EMR and CSI behavior. The use of EMRs is effective in increasing CSI behaviors, but there is a need to identify and remove barriers to EMR use to increase the effectiveness of CSI among healthcare professionals.