Electronic Health Care Essay

Chapter One: Introduction

1.0 Introduction

This dissertation report is a systematic review of nurses’ attitudes towards electronic health records. This dissertation report consists of four chapters, which includes Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion and Conclusion.

In Chapter 1, the author will outline the background of the study, problem statement, the aim of the study, research questions, research objectives, and operational definition of terms.

In Chapter 2, the author will highlight the search strategy of the literature which included inclusion and exclusion criteria, the hierarchy of evidence, appraises the methodological quality of the ten original research articles by using the critical appraisal checklist, and how the data were extracted and summarized into a systematic format.

In Chapter 3, the author will present the research findings of the ten articles. This chapter will further describe the pattern of nurses' attitudes towards electronic health records and the difference of nurses' attitudes towards electronic health records based on demographic variables. In addition, the strength and weakness of the methodology also will be criticized in this chapter.

In Chapter 4, the author will discuss the research findings of the ten articles. The author also will

One of the innovations is computerization of the entire health care system. Formerly, patient health record was documented on paper. With the advancement of technology, paper-based documentation has been gradually being replaced by computerized documentation systems in past two decades. With the implementation of computerized documentation systems, it improved efficiency, safety and quality of patient care, provided faster access to patient's data, reduced error occurs, and also promoted communication between healthcare workers (Jha et al., 2009; Poissant et al.,