Looking at EHR introduction rate by the number of beds in a hospital in 2018 (JAHIS, 2019), we found that the higher the number of beds a hospital has, the higher the EHR introduction rate. For instance, in the case of hospitals with 200 beds or less, the introduction rate remains less than 40%. As […]

This blog explores the literature review on evidence about the effectiveness of EHR in Japan since our EHR project aims to disseminate in the country.   I set the research topic as the “Effectiveness of the implementation of EHR in Japan”   #1; (((((electronic health record) OR (electronic health records)) OR (electronic medical record)) OR […]

Having set the research topic as “What are the barriers to implementing EHR in Japan”, I found one relevant article entitled the “Motivations and barriers to implementing electronic health records and ED information systems in Japan (Inokuchi et al., 2014)”.   This article concluded that the two main barriers to implementing EHR into hospitals in […]

Deciding the research topic   The introduction of EHR in medical institutions in Japan is far behind other developed countries (Yoshida et al., 2013)   Therefore, I started creating a new EHR system in the aim of introducing hospitals in Japan so as to the improve medical care offered and wider scheme of healthcare available […]