2019, Volume 12, Issue 4, pp 403 – 410

Factors Affecting Acceptance of Hospital Information Systems in Public Hospitals of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences: A Cross-Sectional Study

SCImago Journal & Country Rank

Issues

Special Issues

Authors and Affiliations

Corresponding author: Afsaneh Karimi, School of Paramedical Sciences, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Khalij Fars Ave., Zahedan-Iran. E-mail: afsanehkarimi2014@gmail.com, P. code: +98 5433295732, Phone and Fax: 0098-54-33295732

Abstract

A hospital information system is used to support a wide range of operations and activities in the hospital. This study was conducted to determine the factors affecting hospital information system acceptance by users.

A cross-sectional, descriptive, analytic study was performed in 2018. The study population included 550 users of the system. The data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using the SPSS software.

A significant moderate positive correlation was found between hospital information system acceptance and perceived usefulness (r = 0.54, P < 0.01), perceived ease of use (r = 0.41, P < 0.01), human factors (r = 0.46, P < 0.01) and technological factors (r = 0.54, P < 0.01). A significant weak positive correlation was detected between the acceptance of the hospital information system and organizational factors (r = 0.35, P < 0.01).

Perceived usefulness of the system, social influence, system quality, perceived ease of use of the system, and top managers’ supports had the most substantial influence on the users’ intention to accept a hospital information system. User education, preparation of guidelines suited to the user specialty or department, incorporating users’ work needs into the capabilities of the hospital information system, and improving the system to an ideal level are important considerations.

Keywords

About this article

PMC ID: 6993299
PubMed ID: 32025259
DOI: 10.25122/jml-2019-0064

Article Publishing Date (print): Oct-Dec 2019
Available Online: 

Journal information

ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life

Copyright License: Open Access

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.


SCImago Journal & Country Rank

Issues

Special Issues