Evaluation of the intention to use the electronic medical record (EMR) by health professionals in healthcare facilities of Libreville and Owendo in Gabon.

Introduction: Health systems in several countries have integrated information and communication technologies into their operations. Electronic medical records (EMRs) are at the core of patient care. The working of these EMRs requires their acceptance and use by medical and paramedical personnel.

An evaluation of five regional health information technology-based programmes to improve health and social care coordination: A quasi-experimental controlled before/after mixed design.

Objectives: Health information technology (HIT) can help coordinate health and social actors involved in patients' pathways. We assess five regional HIT-based programmes ('' or TSN) introduced in France, covering the period 2012-2018.

Methods: This was a quasi-experimental controlled before/after mixed design.

Exploring the role of managers in the development of a safety culture in seven French healthcare facilities: a qualitative study.

Background: Numerous studies have been conducted over the past 15 years to assess safety culture within healthcare facilities; in general, these studies have shown the pivotal role that managers play in its development. However, little is known about what healthcare managers actually do to support this development, and how caregivers and managers represent managers'role. Thus the objectives of this study were to explore: i) caregivers and managers' perceptions and representations of safety, ii) the role of managers in the development of safety culture as perceived by themselves and by caregivers, iii) managers' activities related to the development of safety culture.

Protocole of a controlled before-after evaluation of a national health information technology-based program to improve healthcare coordination and access to information.

Background: Improvement of coordination of all health and social care actors in the patient pathways is an important issue in many countries. Health Information (HI) technology has been considered as a potentially effective answer to this issue. The French Health Ministry first funded the development of five TSN ("Territoire de Soins Numérique"/Digital health territories) projects, aiming at improving healthcare coordination and access to information for healthcare providers, patients and the population, and at improving healthcare professionals work organization.

Acceptability of Health Care-Related Risks: A Literature Review.

Objectives: Risk management aims at reducing risks associated with hospital care to an acceptable level, both in their frequency and their impact on health. The social acceptability of risk on the part of the general population and of the health-care professionals, faced with regular information about adverse events, is undoubtedly evolving rapidly.In contrast to risk acceptability, the concept of risk perception is of limited interest to risk managers because it does not inform on the behaviors and actions resulting from these perceptions.