Hospital administrative services with electronic medical records: A meta-analysis

Abstract

Electronic medical record (EMR) is an online record of patient's personal and clinical data stored in a healthcare treatment administration. It has been increasingly in demand and is perceived as the “backbone” of digital healthcare. The current study aims to analyse the effectivity of electronic medical records in improving health services in terms of administration. It is a systematic review and meta-analysis of articles published in Science Direct, ProQuest, PubMed, and Google Scholar. The inclusion criterion is a full-text article with observational research design published from 2013 to 2022. The articles were analysed using Review Manager 5.3. The database searches produced nine articles from Asia (China, Australia, and Singapore), Africa (Ethiopia), and nationwide studies in the USA and New York. The finding suggested that hospitals or health services that employ electronic medical records can improve the quality of health care by 1.84 times compared to those that do not make the most of EMR. The results were significant by statistics (aOR = 1.84; 95% CI = 1.20 to 2.83; p = 0.005; I2= 98%).