Digital Systems Innovation for Health Data Analytics

Digital Systems Innovation For Health Data Analytics

Researchers have long argued that the adoption rate of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems is an important indicator of the degree of national e-health (Bonomi 2016). This is also a measurement in the success of creating, sharing, distribution, of data analytics. Health Data is essential for digital innovation systems to function. Hambleton and Aloizos (2019) argue that the health care industry is one of the last industries to be disrupted by digital technologies. It arguably has the most to gain, particularly from timely, accurate communication and clinical improvements, especially medication safety. At a time when governments of different countries willing to provide quality healthcare to their citizens on a digital platform. For example: Singapore government have made digital health a top priority for their citizens (RIE2020). Jha et al. (2008) state that health information technology in general and EHRs in particular, are tools for improving the quality, safety and efficiency of health systems in countries. They observed that in UK, Netherlands, Australia, and New Zealand generally used EHRs among general practitioners (each country>90%); Germany was far behind (40–80%); and there was a small minority of doctors in the U.S. and Canada who used EHRs (10–30%). They also explained that it is difficult for hospitals to obtain quality data and that only a small fraction of hospitals (<10%), of the countries analyzed had the key components required by an EHR. As shown in table 1 digital systems have many benefits over paper-based systems.