Study characteristics
| Author(s) | Country | Article title | Study design/method of data collection | Data analysis technique |
| Bagayoko et al42 | Gabon | Implementation of a national electronic health information system in Gabon: a survey of healthcare providers’ perceptions | Cross-sectional survey/questionnaire | Logistic regression |
| Bisrat et al43 | Ethiopia | Implementation challenges and perception of care providers on Electronic Medical Records at St. Paul’s and Ayder Hospitals, Ethiopia | Cross-sectional survey/questionnaire and Interview | Descriptive analysis and thematic analysis |
| Fraser et al40 | Rwanda | User Perceptions and Use of an Enhanced Electronic Health Record in Rwanda With and Without Clinical Alerts: Cross-sectional Survey | Cross-sectional survey/interviews, observation and free text | Thematic analysis and descriptive analysis |
| Liang et al39 | Uganda | A Locally Developed Electronic Health Platform in Uganda: Development and Implementation of Stre@mline | Cross-sectional survey/questionnaire | Descriptive analysis |
| Mkalira Msiska et al44 | Malawi | Factors affecting the utilisation of electronic medical records system in Malawian central hospitals | Cross-sectional survey/questionnaire and Interview | Descriptive analysis and χ2 test |
| Oumer et al38 | Ethiopia | Utilisation, Determinants and Prospects of Electronic Medical Records in Ethiopia | Cross-sectional survey/questionnaire | Descriptive analysis, bivariate and multivariate logistic regression |
| Oza et al34 | Sierra Leone | Development and Deployment of the OpenMRS-Ebola Electronic Health Record System for an Ebola Treatment Centre in Sierra Leone | Agile software development/questionnaire | Not mentioned |
| Robbiati et al35 | Angola | Improving TB Surveillance and Patients' Quality of Care Through Improved Data Collection in Angola: Development of an Electronic Medical Record System in Two Health Facilities of Luanda | Not mentioned/meetings, interviews, site visits and observation | Situational analysis |
| Were et al41 | Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Mozambique | mUzima Mobile Electronic Health Record (EHR) System: Development and Implementation at Scale | Not mentioned/mHealth evidence reporting assessment checklist | Not mentioned |
| Ahmed et al37 | Ethiopia | Intention to use electronic medical record and its predictors among healthcare providers at referral hospitals, north-West Ethiopia, 2019: using unified theory of acceptance and use technology 2 (UTAUT2) model | Cross-sectional explanatory/questionnaire and in-depth interview | Structural Equation Model, χ2 test and thematic analysis |
| Kabukye et al54 | Uganda | User Requirements for an Electronic Medical Records System for Oncology in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Uganda | Qualitative study/FGD and interview | Content and thematic analysis |
| Ngusie et al36 | Ethiopia | Healthcare providers’ readiness for electronic health record adoption: a cross-sectional study during pre-implementation phase | Cross-sectional/questionnaire | Multivariate logistic regression |
FGD, focus group discussion.