Survey-based data describing readiness to adopt an electronic pregnancy registration-monitoring system amongst health workers.

Electronic Health (eHealth) systems show a growing trend in developing countries to enhance their respective healthcare services. However, there is a lack of empirical study regarding readiness during preparation for eHealth implementation in Primary Health Care (PHC) units, specifically for antenatal care health workers who serve not only for personal care but also community services. The survey-based data applied in this research describes the assessment of the pre-implementation of the Electronic Pregnancy Registration and Monitoring System amongst health workers who involved in ANC services in primary health care (PHC) units of South Tangerang district, an urban area of Banten Province, Indonesia. Primary data was collected from 210 ANC health workers who work in 6 PHCs of the district. The data consists of socio-demographic factors of respondents such as age, education, years of experience etc., and captures individual responses to measure their readiness for eHealth adoption. The availability of this data will provide valuable information for researchers, healthcare organisations and government as the policy makers to prepare strategies with regard to readiness for eHealth adoption amongst health workers in PHCs.

Narrative Review for Exploring Barriers to Readiness of Electronic Health Record Implementation in Primary Health Care.

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to explore the enabling factors associated with readiness in Electronic Health Record (EHR) implementation and to identify the barriers related to readiness regarding the situation of primary health cares in developed and developing countries. METHODS: A narrative review of open-source literature was conducted using the ProQuest, ScienceDirect, MEDLINE, and PMC databases to identify the enabling factors and barriers to EHR readiness. The keywords applied were 'electronic health record', 'readiness', 'primary health care', and 'primary care'. RESULTS: Some barriers were found that may affect readiness, specifically individual barriers and organizational barriers. In developing countries, organizational barriers such as a lack of skilled manpower, insufficient senior management, and a lack of interaction among team members were the common barriers, while in developed countries individual barriers such as unfamiliarity with new systems and a lack of time to use computers were frequently found as barriers to readiness. CONCLUSIONS: This study summarized the enabling factors and barriers with regard to EHR readiness in developed and developing countries.