The adoption of MEDITECH EHR technology at healthcare facilities in Tanzania enables various opportunities to improve nursing practice through digital healthcare solutions.
The nursing practice in Tanzania operates under multiple structural barriers, which include excessive patient numbers, disorganized documentation systems, insufficient clinical support, and inconsistent patient follow-up. Healthcare providers achieve better patient results through improved clinical choices when they use MEDITECH EHRs within digital health technologies to boost nursing performance. The paper examines (1) the shift from paper-based to digital systems and the necessary competencies and mindsets for nurses, (2) the financial requirements for hospital and clinic digital implementation, and (3) strategies to create a digital health system in Tanzania. The paper addresses three main barriers to adoption, which include infrastructure, change resistance, and governance, and proposes ways to achieve sustainable scale. The desk review methodology has been used primarily in research.
The research focuses on Tanzania and its nursing informatics system and MEDITECH EHR adoption, and digital health systems and health systems strengthening.