Comparing a Conceptual Model of the Electronic Record System Applying in Home Health Care Unit

Abstract

The electronic based system and health information technology were used and integrated in healthcare service because the electronic systems provide better quality, efficiency, and outcome of healthcare service. By improving the quality of care, the electronic system was to adapt and adopt into the healthcare service including the nursing service of long term care. In Home Health Care unit, Ramathibodi hospital, it was 2 systems in this service, the paper based and electronic based systems. Surveying the existing system found that the electronic based was supported only one process, which is the consulting process, but other processes mostly had to record in paper based. This paper developed the electronic record system applied into their services. Also, before implementing the new system into the working process, the comparing effectiveness and efficiency between existing as paper based and the new system as electronic based were defined. There were aspects of the number of incidents of data error, incompleteness, inconsistency and different time between using both systems to record.