Summary of themes
| Reference | Perceived benefits of using EHR/EMR | Perceived barriers to adopting EHR/EMR | ||||||||||||||
| Improved access to clinical data | Improved quality of care | More efficient workflow | Improved patient safety | Improves communication | Good source of education | Reduces error | Reduces costs | Security and privacy issues | Workflow disruption | Communication disruption | Complicated and not user-friendly | Inadequate training | High initial cost | EHR/ EMR literacy | Poor English language | |
| Shaker et al, 201529 | ||||||||||||||||
| El Mahalli, 201530 | ||||||||||||||||
| Khalifa, 201331 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hasanain et al., 201532 | ||||||||||||||||
| Asiri et al, 201433 | ||||||||||||||||
| Alzobaidi et al\, 201634 | ||||||||||||||||
| Alsaleh and Al-Azmi, 200839 | ||||||||||||||||
| Al-Mujaini et al, 201137 | ||||||||||||||||
| Alharthi et al, 201435 | ||||||||||||||||
| Al-Azmi et al, 200840 | ||||||||||||||||
| Alasmary et al, 201436 | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Farsi and West, 200638 | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Alawi et al, 201441 | ||||||||||||||||
| Abdulla et al, 201642 | ||||||||||||||||