Perception of electronic medical record by occupational physicians in Cameroon.

2015 
Purpose: This study aimed at assessing perception of Cameroonian occupational physicians to Electronic Medical Record, prior to a pilot project.Method: A questionnaire was distributed to 113 physicians and medical on their perception of electronic medical record (EMR). We analyzed our data using IBM SPSS version 20.Results: Perception of better data quality is found in 78.5 % of physicians. In 82 % of cases, physicians believed that EMR could improve opportunity of research, 27.3 % believed it could be too expensive, 75.4 % believed it could make improve Health Information System efficacy. There was no significant difference in the perception score between general practitioners and occupational physicians. Older physicians were more reluctant to electronic medical record use (40.7 % vs 63.5 %, p
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