The Effect of Computerized Patient,s Records Systems in Quality Health Care Service Delivery. A Case Study of Essikadu Hospital in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly.

Health care quality, patient’s safety and cost effectiveness are the things which health care providers concern themselves with most of the time. This is the reason for the introduction of the computerized patients records system which is an electronic medical record containing all of an individual’s health information. Essikadu hospital, a government hospital located in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly in Ghana since March 2009 procured and implemented the use of electronic medical record system (EMR) to curb the problems that were being faced with purely paper based record keeping systems. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of computerized patients’ records system in quality health care service delivery at Essikadu Hospital in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly. A descriptive research methodology was used for this study. Data were collected from clients and staff of Essikadu hospital using a guided questionnaire. Quantitative data were analyzed. The study findings showed that most users preferred using the EMR than paper based records and that overall, found it more effective and efficien