Is South Africa ready for a national Electronic Health Record (EHR)?

Kleynhans, Adele-Mari

dc.contributor.author	Kleynhans, Adele-Mari
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-20T11:53:36Z
dc.date.available	2012-08-20T11:53:36Z
dc.date.issued	2012-08-20
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6128
dc.description	Bibliography: leaves 94-100	en
dc.description.abstract	eHealth Strategies in countries have shown a trend that countries are moving to Electronic Health Records(EHR). EHR implementation is expected to produce benefits for patients, professionals, organisations, and the population as a whole. The use of some format of an Electronic Health Record is used by many countries and others are in the implementation or planning phases. South Africa has kicked of the project to implement a national EHR as part of the national eHealth Strategy. This study aims to analyse the key success factors from other EHR implementation projects and evaluate if South Africa is ready to implement an EHR.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (100 leaves; tables, graphs)	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	2011 MBL Research Report
dc.subject	Health care industry	en
dc.subject	Electronic health records	en
dc.subject	Electronic patient records	en
dc.subject	eHealth strategies	en
dc.subject.ddc	651.5042610968
dc.subject.lcsh	Public health records -- South Africa -- Data processing	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Medical records -- Management -- South Africa	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Information storage and retrieval systems -- Public health	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Medical records -- South Africa -- Data processing	en
dc.title	Is South Africa ready for a national Electronic Health Record (EHR)?	en
dc.type	Research report	en
dc.description.department	Graduate School of Business Leadership	en
dc.description.degree	MBL