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Effect of electronic health records on doctor-patient relationship in Arabian gulf countries: a systematic review

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    • بيانات النشر:
      Frontiers Media S.A.
    • الموضوع:
      2023
    • Collection:
      Imperial College London: Spiral
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Background: The electronic health record (EHR) has been widely implemented internationally as a tool to improve health and healthcare delivery. However, EHR implementation has been comparatively slow amongst hospitals in the Arabian Gulf countries. This gradual uptake may be linked to prevailing opinions amongst medical practitioners. Until now, no systematic review has been conducted to identify the impact of EHRs on doctor-patient relationships and attitudes in the Arabian Gulf countries. Objective: To understand the impact of EHR use on patient-doctor relationships and communication in the Arabian Gulf countries. Design: A systematic review of English language publications was performed using PRISMA chart guidelines between 1990 and 2023. Methods: Electronic database search (Ovid MEDLINE, Global Health, HMIC, EMRIM, and PsycINFO) and reference searching restricted to the six Arabian Gulf countries only. MeSH terms and keywords related to electronic health records, doctor-patient communication, and relationship were used. Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) quality assessment was performed. Results: 18 studies fulfilled the criteria to be included in the systematic review. They were published between 1992 and 2023. Overall, a positive impact of EHR uptake was reported within the Gulf countries studied. This included improvement in the quality and performance of physicians, as well as improved accuracy in monitoring patient health. On the other hand, a notable negative impact was a general perception of physician attention shifted away from the patients themselves and towards data entry tasks (e.g., details of the patients and their education at the time of the consultation). Conclusion: The implementation of EHR systems is beneficial for effective care delivery by doctors in Gulf countries despite some patients' perception of decreased attention. The use of EHR assists doctors with recording patient details, including medication and treatment procedures, as well as their outcomes. Based on this study, the authors ...
    • ISSN:
      2673-253X
    • Relation:
      Frontiers in Digital Health; http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/107007
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.3389/fdgth.2023.1252227
    • الدخول الالكتروني :
      http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/107007
      https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2023.1252227
    • Rights:
      © 2023 Tabche, Raheem, Alolaqi and Rawaf. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    • الرقم المعرف:
      edsbas.854BE5D1