Utilization, Determinants, and Prospects of Electronic Medical Records in Ethiopia

Table 4

Attitudes of health professionals towards use of EMR.

What you feel about, EMR allows….		Frequency	Percentage
Easy to enter data	Disagree	40	9.7
	Agree	368	89.3
Improve service quality	Disagree	54	13.1
	Agree	354	85.9
Saves cost	Disagree	82	19.9
	Agree	326	79.1
Saves time	Disagree	42	10.2
	Agree	366	88.8
Increase patient satisfaction	Disagree	62	15.0
	Agree	346	84.0
Increase health of patient	Disagree	64	15.5
	Agree	344	83.5
Support information	Disagree	50	12.1
	Agree	358	86.9
Support clinical decision	Disagree	42	10.2
	Agree	366	88.8
Increase timely decision	Disagree	57	13.8
	Agree	351	85.2
Needs training	Disagree	54	13.1
	Agree	354	85.9
Reduce medical error	Disagree	85	20.6
	Agree	323	78.4
Acceptable by professional	Disagree	63	15.3
	Agree	345	83.7
Willingness to use EMR	No	56	13.6
	Yes	352	85.4