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Investigating TOE Factors Affecting the Adoption of a Cloud-Based EMR System in the Free-State, South Africa

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Paper based medical records face many challenges such as inability of real-time access to patient data, exchange and share medical data, and monitor a patients’ health progress. This negatively affects the ability to improve a patients’ health and carry out medical research. Adopting electronic medical records (EMR) may help address some issues faced with paper records. However, standalone EMR systems may not fully mitigate some issues with paper records due to lack of real-time access to patient data. Cloud Computing presents cost-effective ways of integrating EMR systems together for different health institutions to share selected patient data. However, the extent to which South African health facilities are ready to adopt cloud based EMR, and the nature of patient data that can be shared on the cloud remains unclear. This study investigates the viability of a cloud based EMR for health institutions in the Free State province of South Africa.

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The financial assistance of the National Research Foundation (NRF) towards this research is hereby acknowledged. Opinions expressed and conclusions arrived at, are those of the author and are not necessarily to be attributed to the NRF. We further extend our acknowledgement to the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology as well as the Central University of Technology for funding this project. We would also like to thank family and friends for their support, and God almighty for giving us strength throughout this journey.

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  1. Department of Information Technology, Central University of Technoloy, Private Bag X20539, Bloemfontein, South Africa

    Nomabhongo Masana & Gerald Maina Muriithi

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  1. Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Fatna Belqasmi

  2. Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco

    Hamid Harroud

  3. LACSC - ECE, Paris, France

    Max Agueh

  4. CIISE, Montreal, Canada

    Rachida Dssouli

  5. ESPRIT, Tunis, Tunisia

    Faouzi Kamoun

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Masana, N., Muriithi, G.M. (2018). Investigating TOE Factors Affecting the Adoption of a Cloud-Based EMR System in the Free-State, South Africa. In: Belqasmi, F., Harroud, H., Agueh, M., Dssouli, R., Kamoun, F. (eds) Emerging Technologies for Developing Countries. AFRICATEK 2017. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 206. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67837-5_23

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