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Table 4 Benefits and challenges related to adopting SIB in health centers and frequency (%) of the participants who mentioned the statement (Theme of Outcome)

From: The Integrated Electronic Health System in Iranian health centers: benefits and challenges

Theme

subthemes

Components

Benefits

Frequency (%)

Challenges

Frequency (%)

Outcome

Quality of health services

Decreased errors and increased quality by service providers due to smart delivery of services and illustrating guidelines particularly required actions

18(60%)

No modifiability of recording errors

10(33.3%)

Access

Possibility of access to quality and planned services for all people

5(16.6%)

No interoperability of electronic records at different centers (excluding the university), increased errors, and repetitive processes (for not having patients' records)

3(10%)

Possibility of access to integrated information for different users at any time and in any place and simplicity of information reporting and transmission

15(50%)

Safety and privacy

No possibility of missing patient health records

6(20%)

High accessibility of clinical data and exchange of information among different centers

10(33.3%)

Screening and evaluation

The possibility to receive complete and integrated records related to activities of health units or health service providers at any time

3(10%)

No discrete access to doctors' care indexes, nutrition experts, and psychology experts at health posts due to their identified roles at health centers

2(6.6%)

Removing the problem of illegibility and lack of access to paper records

2(6.6%)

Impossibility of changing the time recorded for service delivery

12(40%)

Impossibility of changing and amending information after 24 h

12(40%)

Providing a framework for documentation

10(33.3%)

Providing a dashboard of indices regarding the provider and health unit

4(13.3%)

Research

Providing a very proper information center for producing and managing medical knowledge

2(6.6%)

The possibility of fake recorded services in the system by users

12(40%)