Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
PLoS One. 2013 Apr 4;8(4):e60636. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060636. Print 2013.
Despite substantial investment in Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems there has been little research to evaluate them. Our aim was to evaluate changes in efficiency and quality of services after the introduction of a purpose built EMR system, and to assess its acceptability by the doctors, nurses and patients using it.
We compared a nine month period before and after the introduction of an EMR system in a large sexual health service, audited a sample of records in both periods and undertook anonymous surveys of both staff and patients.
There were 9,752 doctor consultations (in 5,512 consulting hours) in the Paper Medical Record (PMR) period and 9,145 doctor consultations (in 5,176 consulting hours in the EMR period eligible for inclusion in the analysis. There were 5% more consultations per hour seen by doctors in the EMR period compared to the PMR period (rate ratio = 1.05; 95% confidence interval, 1.02, 1.08) after adjusting for type of consultation. The qualitative evaluation of 300 records for each period showed no difference in quality (P>0.17). A survey of clinicians demonstrated that doctors and nurses preferred the EMR system (P<0.01) and a patient survey in each period showed no difference in satisfaction of their care (97% for PMR, 95% for EMR, P = 0.61).
The introduction of an integrated EMR improved efficiency while maintaining the quality of the patient record. The EMR was popular with staff and was not associated with a decline in patient satisfaction in the clinical care provided.
尽管在电子病历 (EMR) 系统上投入了大量资金,但几乎没有研究对其进行评估。我们的目的是评估引入专门构建的 EMR 系统后服务效率和质量的变化,并评估使用该系统的医生、护士和患者对其的接受程度。
我们比较了在大型性健康服务中引入 EMR 系统前后的九个月期间,审核了这两个时期的记录样本,并对员工和患者进行了匿名调查。
在纸质病历 (PMR) 期间有 9752 次医生咨询(5512 个咨询小时),在 EMR 期间有 9145 次医生咨询(5176 个咨询小时符合纳入分析的条件。与 PMR 期间相比,EMR 期间每位医生的咨询量增加了 5%(调整后率比 = 1.05;95%置信区间,1.02,1.08)。对每个时期的 300 份记录进行的定性评估显示,质量没有差异(P>0.17)。对临床医生进行的调查表明,医生和护士更喜欢 EMR 系统(P<0.01),而在每个时期进行的患者调查显示,他们对护理的满意度没有差异(PMR 为 97%,EMR 为 95%,P=0.61)。
引入集成的 EMR 提高了效率,同时保持了患者记录的质量。该 EMR 受到员工的欢迎,并且与所提供的临床护理中患者满意度的下降无关。