The questionnaire consisted of four categories. The data were collected by self-structured questionnaire. Using Simple sampling from nurses of teaching hospitals at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 284 employees were randomly selected. This descriptive-cross sectional study, was conducted in 2013. This study aimed to assess the readiness of nursing in teaching hospital at Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Beside, nursing- as the focus of care- has an important effect to implement information systems. The attention to this significant matter has faded in the country (Iran), especially in the Tehran province. The role of manpower readiness is a critical factor for the success implementation of EHR. Without their acceptance and participation, all efforts to develop of an HER would be ineffective ( 9). If health care providers accept these technologies, we will have a successful EHR. Nurses have an important role to provide clinical care, thus they have a valuable role in successful implementation of electronic systems ( 3).
In many studies, lack of user participation and readiness are the major factor to failure of information systems, as well as lower investment of resources about user`s readiness to accept changes and implementation of EHR ( 7, 8). Electronic health records provide many advantages for nurses, including medication reminders, prevent drug interactions, immediate access to patient medical history and documentation of clinical care ( 3).Īlways, there are restrictions on the use of EHR ( 6). Electronic health records are an important issue in the context of the health sector, which includes longitudinal health care information, stored in electronic form, to support the ongoing care, education and research ( 3, 5).
In fact, nursing managers turned to use the electronic records to meet their clinical, administrative and legal informational requirements ( 4). On the other hand, changing paper-based records to electronic/computerized records, the nursing practice veer towards computerized documentation of care ( 3). Its main target is to gain Electronic Health Records ( 1, 2). In the past decades, some activities began to use information systems in the healthcare domain.
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