Implementation of an Electronic Medication Management System in a large tertiary hospital: a case of qualitative inquiry.
Milan Rasikbhai VaghasiyaJonathan PenmKevin K Y KuanNaren GunjaYiren LiuEui Dong KimNeysa PetrinaSimon PoonPublished in: BMC medical informatics and decision making (2021)
Overall, this study outlines the implementation process of the EMMS in a large healthcare facility from the clinicians' and the implementation team's perspectives using UTAUT model. The result suggests that clinicians' acceptance of the EMMS was highly influenced by the unique implementation strategy (namely, patient-centric approach and clinical leadership in the implementation team). Whereas the level of adoption of EMMS by clinicians was determined by their level of perceived and realised benefits. On the other hand, a number of barriers to the adoption of EMMS were discovered, namely, general training instead of customised training based on local needs, technical and design issues and lack of availability of computer systems. It is suggested that promptly resolving these issues can improve the adoption of the EMMS.