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AB - Background and Objectives: Despite the innovative technology availability, however, the functionalities of usefulness are limited and not been explored in Saudi Arabian hospitals. This study aims to determine the extent and diffusion of Electronic Health Records (EHR) in public hospitals in Saudi Arabia and to explore the main obstacles, and problems of adopting EHR in these hospitals. Methods: A comprehensive survey was developed and sent to the medium and large size hospital stakeholders to collect their opinions on the current status of the adoption and usage of EHR. Cluster random sampling has been used. The study has been conducted in the eastern province. Results: Based on the 15 hospitals surveyed in the Eastern Province (EP), Saudi Arabia, a total of seven hospitals (46.6%) had an EHR system and the implementation is running. EHR is mostly used for order entry (51.11%) and char review (41.11%) in the EP in Saudi Arabia with obstacles to be used for decision support, documentation functions, communication tools. Despite the “secured” EHR system, the results shows that security mechanism did not cover all threats. Conclusion: The results suggest that more public hospitals are required to adopting more and more EHR and EHR functionalities. A periodic 
TI - Electronic Health Records Functionalities in Saudi Arabia: Obstacles and Major Challenges
JF - Global Journal of Health Science
DO - 10.5539/gjhs.v10n4p50
DA - 2018-03-05
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/electronic-health-records-functionalities-in-saudi-arabia-obstacles-rX0DIjj0Qw
DP - DeepDyve
ER -