Abstract
The interest in medical information technology has risen rapidly in recent years. The purpose was to illuminate the significance of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) for patient services from the viewpoint of medical workers. A self-administered questionnaire using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was completed by the 564 medical workers at a university hospital. The analysis of the questionnaires show what the respondents thought was the order of significance of the items below from one to seven. The first was safe medical care and nursing; the second, a relationship of mutual trust; the third, correspondence to patient needs; the fourth, the independent medical participation of a patient; the fifth, the most suitable medical care and nursing; the sixth continuing of medical care and nursing; and the seventh, high medical care and nursing. The findings show that the order of significance corresponds to what the respondents think is achievable.
