Jan Tore Lium|Hallvard Lærum|Tom Schulz|Arild Faxvaag
From the Front Line, Report from a Near Paperless Hospital: Mixed Reception Among Health Care Professionals
Norwegian University of Science and Technology|Sørlandet Hospital Arendal|Oslo University Hospital|NORCE Norwegian Research Centre|Norwegian University of Science and Technology|Oslo University Hospital|Sørlandet Hospital Arendal|NORCE Norwegian Research Centre|Norwegian University of Science and Technology|Oslo University Hospital|Sørlandet Hospital Arendal|NORCE Norwegian Research Centre|Norwegian University of Science and Technology|Sørlandet Hospital Arendal|NORCE Norwegian Research Centre|Oslo University Hospital
objective many norwegian hospitals equipped electronic medical record emr system proceeded withdraw paperbased medical record clinical workflow two previous surveybased studies effect removing paperbased medical record work physicians nurses medical secretaries concluded scan eliminate paper based record feasible medical secretaries group reported benefit change explore effects removing paper based record especially regard medical personnel conducted follow study hospital scanned eliminated paperbased record design survey 27 physicians 60 nurses 30 medical secretaries conducted results compared previous study conducted three years earlier department measurements questionnaire see online appendix covered frequency use emr system specific tasks physicians nurses medical secretaries ease performing tasks compared previous routines user satisfaction computer literacy results physicians nurses displayed increased use emr compared previous study medical secretaries reported generally unchanged high use conclusion increase use accompanied similar change factors computer literacy technical changes suggesting typical success factors necessary sufficient