Perceived Usefulness of Electronic Health Record Among Nurses in a Military Hospital In Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

This quantitative study employed a descriptive-correlational research design to determine the relationship between the use of  Electronic Health Records (EHR) and the quality of nursing care. There were 277 nurse respondents from King Abdulaziz Medical City and random sampling was used to recruit the respondents. Frequency and percentage were used to describe the demographic and experience-related profile of the respondents. Mean and standard deviation described the central tendency of data and the variation of responses of respondents. Pearson Correlation was used to determine the significant relationship between the usefulness of EHR and quality of nursing care and Chi -square was specifically used to determine the significant relationship between the socio-demographic and experience-related profile of respondents and the quality of nursing care. 

The usefulness of EHR was focused and limited on the aspects of results management, order entry management, decision support, electronic communication and connectivity, patient support, administrative processes, and reporting and population health management. Likewise, it determined the level of quality of nursing care in the military hospital in KSA, resulting from the use of electronic health records in the dimensions of effectiveness, efficiency, focus on patients, accessibility, relatedness, and competence. Variables like age, sex, length of service, pre-exposure to other EHR systems, and computer literacy were investigated as well on its relationship with the quality of nursing care at the military hospital in KSA.