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Cooperative Collaboration Amongst Healthcare Institutions Towards Central Access to Medical with Patients Records: Striving for Quality Care Worldwide

Cooperative Collaboration Amongst Healthcare Institutions Towards Central Access to Medical with Patients Records: Striving for Quality Care Worldwide
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Author(s): Ngoako Solomon Marutha (University of South Africa, South Africa)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 18
Source title: Cooperation and Collaboration Initiatives for Libraries and Related Institutions
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Collence Takaingenhamo Chisita (Department of Information Science, University of South Africa, South Africa)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0043-9.ch004

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Abstract

This chapter investigates the extent to which healthcare facilities may cooperate to collaborate with an intention to share management of and access to patients' medical histories for quality healthcare service across their facilities. This study used a literature review, the author's experience, and an observational study in the healthcare institutions to support and recommend his view of medical records management and access collaboration. The study discovered that there is still a lack of collaborative access and management of medical records in healthcare institutions. This may affect the healthcare service negatively and the health of the patients directly. The study recommended a collaborative framework that healthcare institutions may apply, whether national, continental or international, to ensure that the medical or health history of patients is always accessible to healthcare practitioners wherever the patients find themselves seeking healthcare service anywhere and at any time.

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