The Influence of Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) in the Quality of Health Data: The Case of Muhimbili National Hospital

Abstract

The study investigated the extent to which the EDIS is adopted among health care workers at the Muhimbili National Hospital – Emergence Medicine Department (MNH – ED), EDIS data quality among health care workers at MNH – ED and the influence of using EDIS to health data quality improvement at MNH. The study used mixed research approach where both quantitative and qualitative techniques were utilized. Data collected by using questionnaire and Interview. Total of 220 out of 238 respondents completed the survey and 6 employees from the Emergency Department (ED) were interviewed. Respondents of this study obtained from ED at MNH. It is further reported that accuracy of data has significant positive impact on Effective use of EDIS (β = 0.282, P = 0.024). Results indicated that, completeness of data have significant positive impact on Effective use of EDIS (β = 0.426, P = 0.046). Moreover, the results indicated that, consistency of data have significant positive impact on Effective use of EDIS (β = 0.249, P = 0.034). Results indicated that, timeliness of data have significant positive impact on Effective use of EDIS (β = 0.518, P = 0.000). Moreover, effective use of EDIS has a positive effect on improved data quality outcomes. This implies that use of EDIS indicators including ease of use had (β= 0.123, p-value=0.014), Suitability for the task had (β=0.360, p=0.003) and user satisfaction had (β=0.32, p= 0.004 which have significant positive impact on outcome of data quality.