PILOT STUDY OF EHRS ACCEPTANCE IN JORDAN HOSPITALS BY UTAUT2

Electronic health records (EHRs) exchange improves hospital quality and reduces health costs. However, few studies address the antecedent factors of healthcare professionals' intentions to use EHR system. We examine the factors that effecting on EHRs acceptance by Unified Theory of Acceptance a...

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Published in:Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology 2016-03, Vol.85 (3), p.378-378
Main Authors: Alazzam, Malik Bader, Basari, Abd Samad Hasan, Sibghatullah, Abdul Samad, Ramli, Mohamad Raziff, Jaber, Mustafa Musa, Naim, Mohd Hariz
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acceptance
Acceptance tests
Construction
Electronic health records
Health care
Hospitals
Mathematical models
Pilots
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Summary:Electronic health records (EHRs) exchange improves hospital quality and reduces health costs. However, few studies address the antecedent factors of healthcare professionals' intentions to use EHR system. We examine the factors that effecting on EHRs acceptance by Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use o[f Technology (UTAUT2) model, this is a new methodology for evaluating acceptance of EHRs. We propose a theoretical model to explain the exercise behavior of health care professionals' to use an EHR system acceptance. The goal from this study to investigate the factors that affect the acceptance of electronic health records system by healthcare professionals. This study applied in Jordanian hospitals which use EHR system. Our objectives to build a clear vision of the factors that affect the user acceptance of the system by pilot test to be the start of an in-depth study and expanded in the future, based on a preliminary study We conducted a pilot test survey in Jordan hospitals to collect data from healthcare professionals who had experience using the EHR systems. A valid sample of 22 responses from 70 questionnaires were collected for data analysis to pilot test
ISSN:1817-3195