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University of Cape Coast | UCC · Department of Medical Education and Information Technology

Importance Rapid digitalization of health care and a dearth of digital health education for medical students and junior physicians worldwide means there is an imperative for more training in this dynamic and evolving field. Objective To develop an evidence-informed, consensus-guided, adaptable digital health competencies framework for the design a...

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Background The success of an electronic health records (EHR) system is dependent on the effectiveness, satisfaction, and efficient use of these systems by health professionals. This paper explores the interdependency among effectiveness, satisfaction, and efficient use of Lightwave Health Information Management Systems (LHIMS) which is an EHR by he...

Objectives The use of technology in healthcare to manage patient records, guide diagnosis, and make referrals is termed electronic healthcare. An electronic health record system called Lightwave Health Information Management System (LHIMS) was implemented in 2018 at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH). This study evaluated the impact of LHIMS on th...

Introduction: In the pursuit of improving effective health service delivery, developing nations including Ghana are progressively integrating electronic health record systems into healthcare frameworks. This research explored the proficient utilization of an EHR called the Lightwave Health Information Management System used by healthcare profession...

Artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare has enormous potential for transforming healthcare. AI is the ability of machines to learn and exhibit close to human levels of cognition in various specific ways. Leveraging AI software to support activities will improve patient satisfaction which is inextricably tied to the length of time patients spend...

UNSTRUCTURED The electronic health record (EHR) is a historically made, utilized, and archived electronic version of a paper graph of a patient's health record. A healthcare entity creates, controls, and maintains a patient's electronic health record. Only health professionals involved in a patient's care can access and utilize an electronic health...

Background: In achieving the WHO's Universal Health Coverage and the Global Developmental Agenda: Sustainable Development Goal 3 and 9, the Ministry of Health launched a nationwide deployment of the lightwave health information management system (LHIMS) in the Central Region to facilitate health service delivery. This paper assessed the efficient...

The coronavirus pandemic is the greatest crisis of our time, having claimed over 2 million lives and shocking the global economy. Scientists and governments have suggested the idea of a digital COVID-19 certificate, to identify vaccinated persons easily. This paper assesses the positions of stakeholders on COVID-19 vaccination certificates, their p...

There are several pieces of evidence to prove that electronic health records (EHRs) can improve the quality of service, efficiency, safety, and positive patient outcomes. Past decades have seen rapid growth in EHR system implementation in healthcare institutions in developing countries. Effective implementation of EHR system provides a unique oppor...

Background. Healthcare providers play a major role in the implementation of family planning policies. In Ghana, there has been a conscious effort to improve the knowledge of preservice and practicing health professionals on family planning. However, there have been concerns about the appropriateness of the attitudes and practices of these health ca...

Objectives Unintended pregnancy presents a crisis situation with limited options for resolution. Abortion appears to be a commonly chosen option but is stigmatized in many societies including Ghana. Keeping a child from an unintended pregnancy is also unsuitable for many people. Carrying through with the pregnancy and placing the child up for adopt...

Newborn data is important for decision making and planning purposes. Data transfer from facilities to district, regional and national levels must have high level of quality to benefit from its use for planning and decision making. The objective of this research was to assess the quality and accuracy of newborn health data transfer from facilities t...

Background: Information technology has become an inevitable, constitutive element of the healthcare institution as well as health education. This study investigates the effects of mobile phone use in clinical practice at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital. The use of mobile phones to access health information by health professionals has the potentia...

p> Data quality assurance through the district, regional and national health information systems is a sure way of having a meaningful interpretation, but this is a challenge in many developing countries. The purpose of this study was to determine the availability and data completeness of key newborn data indicators collected at the health facilitie...

Average length of stay is typically used as an indicator of healthcare quality. Research on length of stay in Ghana is scarce while previous ones are superannuated. The study examines the factors that contribute to the increase or dec rease in the average length of stay of patients and to propose measures to ensure appropriate length of stay for th...

The use of computers in the delivery of health care has significantly improved the way health service is delivered to clients and patients in the world. Despite the importance of computing to the delivery of health service, developing countries have not greatly benefited from it. Nursing informatics has been in existence and part of academic curric...

The methodological framework for artefact design and development (MFADD) seeks to provide a comprehensive and systematic approach for design science research (DSR). The MFADD was developed to decompose the general processes to specific actions for the design and development of artefacts. Several design science researchers could not provide process...

The introduction of bachelors' programme in health information management is timely in the quest of the country's health managers to improve health outcomes of patients. For the successful management of health information to improve clients/patient outcomes, it is evident that a skilled workforce is required. The Department of Health Information Ma...

This study focuses on the use of Private Virtual Infrastructure (PVI) to enhance the security of Electronic Health Records (EHR) in a Cloud Computing Environment (CCE). Electronic health records stored in a cloud computing environment place the sensitive data in the control of third parties. Healthcare institutions want to have control over the com...

The paper proposes an advanced attribute-based encryption (A 2 BE) method that simplifies the distribution of encryption and decryption keys to the unknown users of Electronic Health Records (EHR) in a cloud computing environment. The distribution of encryption and decryption keys in the cloud setting has been a challenge among the unknown users of...

Attributes have a major role to play in attribute-based encryption (ABE) scheme. For health records and cloud computing systems, attributes have the potential to significantly contribute to ensuring security, privacy and confidentiality of health data. This paper posits that ABE have the potential to enhance the security of health records in a clou...

Access control methods are relevant in securing EHR from unauthorised users and access. It is therefore important that proper access control mechanisms are put in place in order to safeguard the privacy and confidentiality of health records. This paper provides a review of the benefits and limitations of individual access control mechanisms.It also...

The paper proposes an advanced access control protocol (A 2 CP) that combines the strengths of various access control methods and implicit authentication to secure electronic health records (EHR) in a cloud computing environment. Access control methods serve as security checkpoints or entry points for access to information systems including EHR. In...

7420.1000e127 Volume 5 • Issue 5 • 1000e127 J Health Med Inform ISSN: 2157-7420 JHMI, an open access journal Electronic Health Record (EHR) can be defined as the electronic record that stores patient's medical history information in a health record system, accessible and managed by both care providers and patients [1]. EHR has been in existence for...

Article Info ABSTRACT Article history: Received Aug 15 th , 2013 Revised Oct 20 th , 2013 Accepted Nov 30 th , 2013 With the advent of the cloud computing and its associated challenges, building a secured electronic health record (EHR) in a cloud computing environment has attracted a lot of attention in both healthcare industry and academic communi...

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become a major tool in delivery of health services and has had an innovative impact on quality of life. ICT is affecting the way healthcare is delivered to clients. In this paper, we discuss the state of ICT and health informatics in Ghana. We also discuss the state of various relevant infrastructu...

Developing countries are slow adopters of new technologies, particularly with regards to the health services of these countries. This study explores the data collection and management challenges in four Ghanaian hospitals using a survey study approach and proposes implementing an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system as a solution to these challeng...

Objective: The study aimed to highlight the determinants of overnutrition (overweight plus obesity) in fishing communities and establish if these were the same as reported elsewhere in Ghana. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: The study was conducted in Idun, Ola and Duakor fishing communities in Cape Coast, Ghana. Subjects: Adults (n 2...

Purpose: To ascertain the prevalence of dyslipidaemia in diabetics in Cape Coast. Methods: This preliminary outpatient-based cross-sectional study was conducted in 79 diabetic patients (22 males and 57 females) receiving treatment at the Central Regional Hospital (CRH) in the Cape Coast Metropolis. Serum lipid profiles of the fasting diabetic patie...

The relevance of the inclusion of medical informatics into the curriculum of medical education cannot be overemphasised. The effects of medical and health informatics on health professional education are as profound and demanding of change as those on health consumers and clients. The effects reach far beyond the occasional use of computers in tech...