scholarly journals Patient-Perceived Usefulness of Online Electronic Medical Records: Employing Grounded Theory in the Development of Information and Communication Technologies for Use by Patients Living with Chronic Illness

2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 306-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. Winkelman
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Electronic Medical Records ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Information And Communication

scholarly journals E- HEALTH: THE MODERN INSTRUMENT FOR IMPROVING HEALTH SYSTEMS AND PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE AND HIGH-QUALITY HEALTH CARE

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 1581-1586
Author(s):  
Momchil Mavrov ◽  
Mariya Hristozova
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Electronic Medical Records ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
National Health ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
National Health System ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Quality Health ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Electronic Health

In the last two decades, information and communication technologies have significantly changed the development of relations in all sectors of public life. The modern information еra has provided unlimited opportunities for free exchange of information on all issues of public importance and the use of new technologies in order to raise the standard of living of members of society and their financial well-being. Information and communication technologies (ICT) are increasingly used in healthcare. A major factor in this trend is the extreme importance of information in medical practice. The way in which information about patients' health status is received and used by healthcare providers has a significant impact on the quality of care. The information itself, the selection and its completeness, becomes a decisive factor for the behavior of the participants in the national health systems - state bodies, medical establishments, professional companies, patient organizations and others.In this sense, the integration of information systems for electronic data interchange provides enormous opportunities for the rapid and efficient management of health information and hence for the more efficient operation of healthcare facilities and healthcare professionals. That's why, one of the most important tools for enhancing the effectiveness of any national health system is the construction of e-health (e-health). E-health is a valuable tool for improving national health systems and providing affordable and high quality health services. The successful construction and use of e-Health improves the communication environment and provides a number of benefits for the relevant national health system as well as for the whole community. In addition to building e-health, an effective healthcare system also requires the creation of an electronic health record for each patient, also referred to as electronic medical records. An electronic health record is a record that contains certain health information for one person in a format suitable for computer processing and use. Creating electronic health records is of great benefit to both patients and healthcare professionals. For example, the introduction of electronic medical records provides quick and easy access for physicians to patients' medical records, enabling them to track all important circumstances and changes in the patient's health status, and to tailor them to conduct specific diagnostic and healing activities.

Evaluating ICT utilization in education administration and management during the COVID-19 outbreak in Pakistan: An empirical review

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-94
Author(s):  
Abdul Rahim Chandio
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Education Administration ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Education Management ◽  
Tam Model ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Innovative System ◽  
The Government

This study aims to evaluate the utilization of ICT in education administration and management in a Pakistan context during the pandemic outbreak. Adoption of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has digitalized the learning process where education organizations were administrated by means of wireless-based instructions, electronic pedagogy, and online assessment in order to continue the educational activities while the government halted the physical appearance in education institutions. Data collection has been carried by three public universities in which teachers and general administration of these institutions participated to discover their intention to use the assigned technology to administrate organizations’ policies in the way to disseminate the respective service delivery. Survey questionnaires were used, and 178 respondents’ feedback was secured to analyze the study that was carried out via SPSS version 24 and validation OF hypotheses measured by means of regressions and correlations. Moreover, proposed factors like intention to use, perceived ease of ease, perceived usefulness, social influence, and Users’ expectations were used. A theoretical approach was inculcated to encircle the UTAUT and TAM model to determine the adoption of the innovative system education management during the pandemic outbreak in the country.

scholarly journals The Role of Technology Acceptance Model on Whatsapp's Official Usage in Malaysian Heis

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 270-273
Keyword(s):  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Technology Acceptance Model ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Acceptance Model

The revolutionary developments in information and communication technologies have drastically changed the way we communicate in our personal as well as professional life. Traditionally email was considered as formal mean of communication in organisations but now a days its common to use social networking apps for official communication. WhatsApp in this regard have so much importance as it is being used in various industries because of its security, immediacy, and easy to use features. This paper studies the role of technology acceptance model (TAM) on adoption of WhatsApp for official communication and information sharing. The sample was collected from 328 respondents from 10 Malaysian universities using survey technique. The data was analysed using SMART-PLS. The findings of the research confirm that perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use are the key constructs for adoption of WhatsApp as channel for official communication. Furthermore, the limitations and future directions of the study are also recommended.

An Integrated Model of Employees’ Behavioral Intention Toward Innovative Information and Communication Technologies in Travel Agencies

2010 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 488-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Cheng ◽  
Vincent Cho
Keyword(s):  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Integrated Model ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Travel Agencies ◽  
Information And Communication

This study proposes a comprehensive model that incorporates attitudinal variables in the technology acceptance model, motivational variables in the innovation diffusion theory, and the social variable in the theory of planned behavior to investigate the attitude, behavioral intentions, and usage of information and communication technologies (ICT) by employees in Hong Kong travel agencies. It complements trends in current research on technology adoption in the tourism industry. A survey was conducted with 190 employees from travel agencies, and structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data. Our results show that the integrated model of ICT adoption is adequate to predict employees’ adoption behavior. Furthermore, the perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, trialability, and observability of new ICT are the major factors stimulating employees’ attitude toward it. Based on our findings, both theoretical and practical suggestions for stimulating employees’ adoption of ICT are proposed.

scholarly journals Las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación en el soporte social dirigido a cuidadores familiares de personas con enfermedad crónica

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Lucy Barrera-Ortiz ◽  
Ángela María Ceballos-Villa ◽  
Susana Jimena Mora-Arellano
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Apoyo Social ◽  
Information And Communication

Objetivo: identificar y responder a las necesidades de cuidadores familiares de personas con enfermedad crónica mediante el uso de tecnologías de información y comunicación. Materiales y Métodos: estudio cualitativo, realizado durante el primer semestre de 2014, bajo el método de investigación acción que permitió, de manera simultánea, conocer los problemas del cuidado que viven los cuidadores de personas con enfermedad crónica y generar una respuesta a las necesidades identificadas mediante el uso de una página Web. Resultados: los cuidadores familiares de personas con enfermedad crónica identificaron como sus problemas más sentidos la impotencia, el temor, la desesperanza y el aislamiento.  A partir de ello, se generó una sección de preguntas frecuentes disponible vía página web, buscando generar con ello un mecanismo de soporte social. Conclusiones: la identificación de las necesidades de cuidadores familiares de personas con enfermedad crónica permitió dar una respuesta específica que, apoyada con las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación, se ofrece como fuente de acceso permanente para poder satisfacer sus inquietudes.PALABRAS CLAVE: apoyo social, comunicación en salud, cuidadores, difusión por la web. The information and communications technologies in the social support aimed at family caregivers of people with chronic illnessABSTRACT Objective: to identify and respond to the needs of family caregivers of people with chronic illness using information and communication technologies. Materials and Methods: qualitative study, it was carried out during the first semester of 2014, under the action research method that allowed simultaneously meet care problems experienced by caregivers of people with chronic illness and generate a response to the needs identified by using a page Web. Results: the family caregivers of people with chronic disease identified as their most sensitive problems of impotence, fear, hopelessness and isolation. Because of this, it was created a frequently asked questions section available via web page thereby seeking to generate a mechanism of social support. Conclusions: the identification of the needs of families of people with chronic disease caregivers allowed to give a specific answer supported by the information and communication technologies is offered as a source of permanent access to satisfy their concerns. KEYWORDS: social support, health communication, caregivers, webcasts. A tecnologia da informação e das comunicações em apoio social destinada a cuidadores familiares de pessoas com doenças crónicas RESUMO Objetivo: identificar e responder às necessidades de cuidadores familiares de pessoas com doenças crónicas, utilizando tecnologias de informação e comunicação. Materiais e Métodos: estudo qualitativo, realizado durante o primeiro semestre de 2014, sob o método de pesquisa-ação que permitiu simultaneamente atender problemas de cuidados vivenciados por cuidadores de pessoas com doença crônica e gerar uma resposta às necessidades identificadas usando uma página Rede. Resultados: os cuidadores familiares de pessoas com doença crônica identificados como seus problemas mais sensíveis da impotência, medo, desesperança e isolamento. A partir dele uma seção perguntas frequentes  disponível através da página web gerado buscando gerar um mecanismo de apoio social. Conclusões. A identificação das necessidades das famílias de pessoas com cuidadores de doenças crônicas autorizados a dar uma resposta específica apoiada pela tecnologia da informação e das comunicações é oferecido como uma fonte de acesso permanente para satisfazer as suas preocupações. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: apoio social, comunicação em saúde, cuidadores, webcasts.

Teachers' Perceptions and Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Chinese Language Education

2014 ◽  
pp. 237-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongbo Zhang ◽  
Shouhui Zhao ◽  
Li Li
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
High Stake ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Chinese Language Education ◽  
Information And Communication

This chapter reports on a mixed-methods study that examined how factors intrinsic and extrinsic to teachers influence their pedagogical use of modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Chinese Language (CL) education. Three-hundred-eleven primary school CL teachers in Singapore participated in an online questionnaire survey that addressed four ICT-related variables: competence to use ICT, availability of resources and support, perceived usefulness of ICT, and pedagogical use of ICT. The results show that the four variables were significantly correlated, and teachers' pedagogical use of ICT was predicted significantly by all the other three variables. To supplement the questionnaire survey, Focus Group Discussions (FGD) were conducted on a randomly selected sample of the teachers who participated in the survey. Teachers reported local (e.g., ICT facilities and resources) as well as global (e.g., national high-stake examinations) factors that determined how ICT-mediated pedagogy was strategically blended with non-ICT-mediated traditional pedagogies. In conclusion, the authors argue that achieving the desired effects of learning through ICT integration necessitates consideration of factors intrinsic to teachers as well as those extrinsic to them that often shape the teacher-intrinsic factors.

E-Learning in Higher Education

2014 ◽  
pp. 216-237
Author(s):  
Emna Ben Romdhane
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Acceptance Research

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) acceptance research within the field of Information Systems has been limited in its application to higher education. There is a current need to examine utilization of e-learning to improve the success of information system implementation across the higher education sector. This research describes and explains an experience of a teaching centered on the Web, undertaken in Tunisian universities. E-learning is related to three courses for which a platform Web was developed to make it possible for the learners to download the supports of the course, to put their questions to the teachers, etc. First, this work describes the theoretical basis behind the concept of e-learning and the development of a research model; second, it tests the influence of platform characteristics and e-learning usage on learners’ satisfaction. Experimentation was conducted on 241 students and found that perceived ease of use is the most determining factor that influences simultaneously the usage and the satisfaction. The authors also noted that the perceived usefulness of the platform and its perceived compatibility with the needs and the values of learners are important for the active usage of the platform. The results of this study have theoretical and practical applications in the field of e-learning.

scholarly journals Antecedents and Consequences of Trust in Public Sector Websites and Social Media

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-29
Author(s):  
Hüseyin İnce ◽  
Salih Zeki İmamoğlu ◽  
Hülya Türkcan ◽  
Gülsüm Akca
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Citizen Satisfaction ◽  
The Public ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Social Media Service ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences

Rapidly developing information and communication technologies have an influence on the whole world and have become an ordinary part of everyday life. Not only people, but businesses and governments are affected by these changes. In this respect, governments use several online media platforms as their own digital face and thus keep pace with the developing technology. Considering the lacks in previous researches, the aim of this paper is to investigate the critical factors influencing the citizens' trust in public sector websites and social media and also the relationship among trust in the public sector, citizen satisfaction and trust in public sector websites and social media. By studying 607 citizens who are users of the website or social media service belonging to the municipalities in Turkey, we found that: (i) perceived quality, perceived usefulness, and facilitation conditions are the factors that affect the citizens' trust in public sector websites and social media, (ii) trust in the public sector websites and social media affects trust in the public sector and, (iii) trust in the public sector affects citizen satisfaction.

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