Electronic Health Records and its Acceptance by Stakeholders: General Discussion

There is a definite need of complete health information of a patient. Medical history of the patient should be maintained in prescribed format. It is definitely required to identify information about patient’s medical interactions, allergies, laboratory tests, medication, and so on. Patient’s all such record should be kept at secured place. Instead of keeping record in conventional paper form, it is definitely feasible to maintain it in digital form. In this paper there is detailed discussion of EHR system, historical perspective of EHR, EHR Challenges in India. This paper also has an overview towards adoption of Information and communication Technology (ICT) in healthcare. There are various strategies towards implementation of successful EHR system. EHR system and its acceptance of use is mapped with universal theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT). Patient’s record can be maintained in EHR standards that are recommended by health information authorities.