Doctors’ Attitude and Willingness to Use Electronic Medical Records at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.

Authors

  • Olanrewaju Olusola Onigbogi College of Medicine, University of Lagos
  • A O Poluyi
  • C O Poluyi
  • M O Onigbogi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v10i2.8416

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Background: There have been few studies conducted on Electronic Medical Records (EMR) among medical doctors who practice in resource limited settings. This study aimed to assess the attitude to and willingness of medical doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital to use EMR and to identify the factors that are associated with the willingness to use EMR.

Methods: A stratified sampling method was used to select medical doctors to participate in the study according to their experience and professional cadre. A pretested self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data which were entered and analyzed using the Epi-info version 7 software. Statistically significant associations were tested using the chi-square and fishers exact tests.

Results: There were 202 participants in the study. All (100%) had good attitude towards EMR. Nearly all of them (96.54%) were willing to use EMR. There was no significant association between age, gender and willingness to use EMR. However, there was a statistically significant association with work duration and IT skills (p< 0.05).

Conclusion: Work duration and IT skills are significant factors in determining the willingness to use EMR. There is therefore a need to include IT skills acquisition in medical training so as to increase the chance of use of EMR.

Author Biography

Olanrewaju Olusola Onigbogi, College of Medicine, University of Lagos

Department of Community Health and Primary Care, Senior Lecturer,

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Published

2018-09-21

How to Cite

Onigbogi, O. O., Poluyi, A. O., Poluyi, C. O., & Onigbogi, M. O. (2018). Doctors’ Attitude and Willingness to Use Electronic Medical Records at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v10i2.8416

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2018)

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Original Articles

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