Planning to use EMR in Sulaimani hospitals supported by e-statistical technologies

Abstract EN

Healthcare systems are highly complex, fragmented and use multiple information technology systems.

With vendors incorporating different standards for similar or same systems, it is little wonder that all-round inefficiency, waste and errors in healthcare information and delivery management are all too commonplace an occurrence.

Consequently, a patient's medical information often gets trapped in silos of legacy systems, to achieve the following six aims of improved care: safety, effectiveness, patient centeredness, timeliness, efficiency, and quality, unable to be shared with members of the healthcare community.

These are some of the several motivations driving an effort to encourage standardization, integration and electronic information exchange amongst the various healthcare providers.

the successful implementation of Health information systems (HIS) continue to be a challenge in many developing countries (e.

g.

Iraq).

This research examines the current state of health information systems in government hospitals in Iraq.

And led to increasing interest about it.

also investigates if the general public as well as medical practitioners in Iraq have interest in having web based electronic medical records systems that allow patients to access their medical reports and make online booking for their appointments, the reason for wanting to change to an electronic system is important.

Many persons involved in healthcare today expect to move from a paper to a paperless environment.

This is a major step and has only been successfully achieved in a few healthcare institutions to date.

Shar, Farouq and Sulaimani General Hospital in Sulaimaniyah province was used as a case study to examine the information systems in a governmental hospital in Iraq.