Professional Practice and Innovation: The Development and Design of an Electronic Patient Record Using Open Source Web-Based Technology

Sharifah Mastura Syed-Mohamad; Siti Hawa Ali; Mohd Nazri Mat-Husin

doi:10.1177/183335831003900105

Professional Practice and Innovation: The Development and Design of an Electronic Patient Record Using Open Source Web-Based Technology

Health Inf Manag. 2010 Mar;39(1):30-35. doi: 10.1177/183335831003900105.

Authors

Sharifah Mastura Syed-Mohamad, Siti Hawa Ali¹, Mohd Nazri Mat-Husin²

Affiliations

¹ Siti Hawa Ali MA BA(SocSc), CQSW, Coordinator of OSCC HUSM, The School of Health Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, MALAYSIA.
² Mohd Nazri Mat-Husin BSc(IT), IT Officer, The School of Health Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan MALAYSIA.

PMID: 28683624
DOI: 10.1177/183335831003900105

Abstract

This paper describes the method used to develop the One Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC) Portal, an open-source web-based electronic patient record system (EPR) for the One Stop Crisis Center, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) in Kelantan, Malaysia. Features and functionalities of the system are presented to demonstrate the workflow. Use of the OSCC Portal improved data integration and data communication and contributed to improvements in care management. With implementation of the OSCC portal, improved coordination between disciplines and standardisation of data in HUSM were noticed. It is expected that this will in turn result in improved data confidentiality and data integrity. The collected data will also be useful for quality assessment and research. Other low-resource centers with limited computer hardware and access to open-source software could benefit from this endeavour.

Keywords: Computer Software; Developing Countries; Electronic Medical Records; Hospital Emergency Service; Hospital Information Systems; Hospital Medical Records Department; Malaysia.