Information Systems and Healthcare XXV: Factors and Actors Affecting the EAI Adoption in the Healthcare Sector

Information Systems and Healthcare XXV: Factors and Actors Affecting the EAI Adoption in the Healthcare Sector

Towards a Conceptual Framework of Actors and Factors Affecting the EAI Adoption in Healthcare Organisations

The non-integrated nature of Healthcare Information Systems (HIS) is strongly associated with a reduction in the quality of care and the medical errors that occur. In particular, around 80,000 people die per year or paralyse in Australia due to problems related to medical errors and are mainly caused by the non-integrated nature of HIS. There is therefore a real need to integrate the Informatio...

Identifying healthcare actors involved in the adoption of information systems

Received: 7 November 2004 Revised: 19 March 2005 2nd Revision: 8 November 2005 Accepted: 21 December 2006 Abstract The adoption of information systems in healthcare is no less significant than in any other commercial or caring organisation. The literature on IS adoption in healthcare, makes it clear that the actors involved in the adoption process are almost universally seen as crucial, which m...

Factors affecting the adoption of healthcare information technology

In order to improve the quality and performance of healthcare services, healthcare information technology is among the most important technology in healthcare supply chain management. This study sets out to apply and test the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), to examine the factors influencing healthcare Information Technology (IT) services. A structured questionnaire ...

Factors affecting the adoption of quality assurance technologies in healthcare.

PURPOSE In the light of public concern and of strong policy emphasis on quality and safety in the nursing care of patients in hospital settings, this paper aims to focus on the factors affecting the adoption of innovative quality assurance technologies. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH Two sets of complementary literature were mined for key themes. Next, new empirical insights were sought. Data ga...