Electronic health records approaches and challenges: a comparison between Malaysia and four East Asian countries
An integrated Lifetime Health Record (LHR) is fundamental for achieving seamless and continuous access to patient medical information and for the continuum of care. However, the aim has not yet been fully realised. The efforts are actively progressing around the globe. Every stage of the development...
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| author | Abd Ghani, Mohd Khanapi Bali, Rajeev K. Naguib, Raouf N.G. Marshall, Ian M. Wickramasinghe, Nilmini S. |
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| description | An integrated Lifetime Health Record (LHR) is fundamental for achieving seamless and continuous access to patient medical information and for the continuum of care. However, the aim has not yet been fully realised. The efforts are actively progressing around the globe. Every stage of the development of the LHR initiatives had presented peculiar challenges. The best lessons in life are those of someone else's experiences. This paper presents an overview of the development approaches undertaken by four East Asian countries in implementing a national Electronic Health Record (EHR) in the public health system. The major challenges elicited from the review including integration efforts, process reengineering, funding, people, and law and regulation will be presented, compared, discussed and used as lessons learned for the further development of the Malaysian integrated LHR. |
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| spelling | utem-3502023-06-15T11:41:55Z http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/350/ Electronic health records approaches and challenges: a comparison between Malaysia and four East Asian countries Abd Ghani, Mohd Khanapi Bali, Rajeev K. Naguib, Raouf N.G. Marshall, Ian M. Wickramasinghe, Nilmini S. An integrated Lifetime Health Record (LHR) is fundamental for achieving seamless and continuous access to patient medical information and for the continuum of care. However, the aim has not yet been fully realised. The efforts are actively progressing around the globe. Every stage of the development of the LHR initiatives had presented peculiar challenges. The best lessons in life are those of someone else's experiences. This paper presents an overview of the development approaches undertaken by four East Asian countries in implementing a national Electronic Health Record (EHR) in the public health system. The major challenges elicited from the review including integration efforts, process reengineering, funding, people, and law and regulation will be presented, compared, discussed and used as lessons learned for the further development of the Malaysian integrated LHR. Inderscience Enterprises Ltd 2008 Article PeerReviewed Abd Ghani, Mohd Khanapi and Bali, Rajeev K. and Naguib, Raouf N.G. and Marshall, Ian M. and Wickramasinghe, Nilmini S. (2008) Electronic health records approaches and challenges: a comparison between Malaysia and four East Asian countries. International Journal of Electronic Healthcare, 4 (1). 78 -104. ISSN 1741-8453 https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=18922 10.1504/IJEH.2008.018922 |
| spellingShingle | Abd Ghani, Mohd Khanapi Bali, Rajeev K. Naguib, Raouf N.G. Marshall, Ian M. Wickramasinghe, Nilmini S. Electronic health records approaches and challenges: a comparison between Malaysia and four East Asian countries |
| title | Electronic health records approaches and challenges: a comparison between Malaysia and four East Asian countries |
| title_full | Electronic health records approaches and challenges: a comparison between Malaysia and four East Asian countries |
| title_fullStr | Electronic health records approaches and challenges: a comparison between Malaysia and four East Asian countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Electronic health records approaches and challenges: a comparison between Malaysia and four East Asian countries |
| title_short | Electronic health records approaches and challenges: a comparison between Malaysia and four East Asian countries |
| title_sort | electronic health records approaches and challenges: a comparison between malaysia and four east asian countries |
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