Analyzing the Perceived Privacy of Electronic Medical Records in Government Hospitals in Tanzania. A Case of Dodoma Regional Referral Hospital.

Hurdson, Happyness (2025) Analyzing the Perceived Privacy of Electronic Medical Records in Government Hospitals in Tanzania. A Case of Dodoma Regional Referral Hospital. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study aimed at analyzing the perceived privacy of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) in Government hospitals in Tanzania, a case of Dodoma regional referral hospital. Probability and Non-probability sampling procedures were used through purposive sampling techniques in order to capture information from 210 respondents. Mixed method research design was adopted in conducting this study with both quantitative and qualitative research approaches. Quantitative approach used as the major approach applied, data were collected using Questionnaires, interviews and focus group discussions while qualitative data involves factual and logical interpretation and explanation of the study findings. Data analysis involved descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentages in order to to draw different tables and charts. In the findings, it is indicated that many of the patients have worries about the privacy of their EMR due to the lack of enough knowledge on how the privacy of their health data is managed, but also there is no clear roles and access level policies for staffs with authorized access to patient's data, staffs do not use a built-in encryption to protect the patient's data privacy. However, due to the existing weaknesses of the firewall system used in the study area, the researcher designs a blockchain framework technology by considering the research objectives, literature reviews, and the results of analyzed collected data from the study. Blockchain technology shows a promising solution to achieve data sharing privacy preservation due to its advantages of immutability, decentralization, transparency and security. Keywords: Privacy, Electronic medical records (EMR), Data privacy in Healthcare, Blockchain technology, Government hospital.

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