scholarly journals The Barriers and Facilitators to the Adoption of New Technologies in Public Healthcare Sector: A Qualitative Investigation

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Waleed KH Mohamed AL-Hadban ◽  
Shafiz Affendi Mohd Yusof ◽  
Kamarul Faizal Hashim
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Healthcare Information ◽  
Healthcare Information Systems ◽  
Healthcare Information System ◽  
Public Healthcare Sector ◽  
Healthcare Practice

The use of new technologies and information systems within healthcare practice provides several advantages and functionalities for healthcare institutions. However, the use of these advanced technologies is not an easy task and the literature has documented several cases of resistance to adopting such technologies by the healthcare staff. Furthermore, governmental reports stated that Iraq healthcare sector is enduring challenges in this regard. For this reason, the current study explored the opinions of healthcare professionals using semi-structured interviews to highlight the important factors and issues that influence the use and adoption of new technologies within Iraq public healthcare sector. To our best knowledge, this empirical study is the first to employ a qualitative approach to address the issue of healthcare information system adoption in Iraq healthcare domain. Twenty six themes have emerged in the findings of this qualitative study which can be helpful for healthcare seniors in order to overcome the present challenges related to the adoption of healthcare information systems and to improve the healthcare practice in general.

scholarly journals Investigating the Organizational and the Environmental Issues that Influence the Adoption of Healthcare Information Systems in Public Hospitals of Iraq

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Waleed KH Mohamed AL-Hadban ◽  
Kamarul Faizal Hashim ◽  
Shafiz Affendi Mohd Yusof
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Adoption Process ◽  
Healthcare Staff ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Healthcare Information ◽  
Healthcare Information Systems ◽  
Utaut Model

<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">Healthcare information systems (HIS) are an important part of nowadays hospitals as it provides valuable benefits and functionalities for healthcare provision. However, the implementation and adoption of these complex innovations is a challenging task as documented by the literature; therefore, careful planning and consideration to all important factors that influence the adoption process by healthcare staff is required. Governmental reports stated that the usage of HIS systems within public hospitals of Iraq is still low and problematic; that’s why the current study aims at empirically investigating the opinions of healthcare staff regarding the adoption of HIS within public hospitals of Iraq. The current study extended the UTAUT model by integrating additional organizational and environmental factors and for that purpose a questionnaire was developed for obtaining the healthcare staff’s opinions. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first empirical study that utilized the UTAUT model to tackle the topic of HIS adoption in Iraq public healthcare sector. The study was able to explain 33% and 46% of the variance within the behavioral intention and the usage of HIS, respectively. The practical findings of this quantitative study can be helpful for healthcare officials to address the actual challenges related to HIS adoption and to set proper strategies for implementing futuristic HIS projects.</span>

Adoption of Mobile Technology by Public Healthcare Doctors

2011 ◽  
pp. 773-789
Author(s):  
Nesaar Banderker ◽  
Jean-Paul Van Belle
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Resource Constraints ◽  
Quality Of Healthcare ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Adoption Factors ◽  
Public Healthcare Sector ◽  
Information And Communication

Doctors working in the South African public healthcare sector are faced with the unique resource constraints prevalent in a developing country. Mobile information and communication technologies (ICTs) hold the promise of improving the quality of healthcare, but this potential can only be unlocked if individuals decide to adopt the new technologies. Understanding the factors that influence the doctor’s adoption of a technology is therefore vital. This chapter reports on an investigation into the factors influencing the adoption of mobile devices by doctors in the public healthcare sector in the Western Cape, South Africa. The research methodology was shaped by qualitative enquiry and described through thematic analysis. The authors confirmed the key adoption factors identified in prior research: job relevance, usefulness, perceived user resources and device characteristics. However, some additional adoption factors were uncovered in this research, namely patient influence, support structures from national government and hospital administration, and unease in respect of malpractice legal suits.

scholarly journals Healthcare Information Systems Implementation Causal Mechanisms in Resource-constrained Environments

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mourine Sarah Achieng ◽  
Ephias Ruhode
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Healthcare Service ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Resource Constrained ◽  
Healthcare Information ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Healthcare Information Systems ◽  
Constrained Environments ◽  
Generative Mechanisms

Abstract Background: The implementation of healthcare information systems has regained new interest among scholars, policy makers and governments over the past decades. This is as a result of undesired outcomes of the existing implementation processes which has produced outcomes such as lack of integration between existing systems, uncoordinated thus fragmented silo systems and many more. The implications of such outcomes have been that in most public healthcare facilities, medical information are either never captured, or captured incorrectly or ineffectively. Consequently, the retrieval of such information for decision making purposes at various levels of the healthcare system, becomes a challenge.Objectives: This paper sought to establish causal mechanisms and context-based mediators that influence the implementation of healthcare information systems in public healthcare facilities in resource constrained environments. As such having negative implications of the delivery of healthcare services to people in need.Methods: A case-study strategy approach was employed using a critical realist methodology. Data collection was done through semi-structured interviews and document analysis.Results: The findings in this paper indicate that context-based mediators such as leadership and management, maldistribution of resources and health policies have enabling and impeding effects on the implementation of HISs for public healthcare service delivery. Further the results of this paper highlight generative mechanisms such as misinterpretation of polices from paper to practice at operational level of healthcare systems of policies and strategies trigger causal effects that may generate the outcomes experienced in public healthcare service delivery process.Conclusions: The results in this paper suggests that mediating factors and generative mechanisms with inhibiting causal powers in the implementation of healthcare information systems requires more focus during the pre-implementation phase.

Adoption of Mobile Technology by Public Healthcare Doctors

2010 ◽  
pp. 368-383
Author(s):  
Nesaar Banderker ◽  
Jean-Paul Van Belle
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Resource Constraints ◽  
Quality Of Healthcare ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Adoption Factors ◽  
Public Healthcare Sector ◽  
Information And Communication

Doctors working in the South African public healthcare sector are faced with the unique resource constraints prevalent in a developing country. Mobile information and communication technologies (ICTs) hold the promise of improving the quality of healthcare, but this potential can only be unlocked if individuals decide to adopt the new technologies. Understanding the factors that influence the doctor’s adoption of a technology is therefore vital. This chapter reports on an investigation into the factors influencing the adoption of mobile devices by doctors in the public healthcare sector in the Western Cape, South Africa. The research methodology was shaped by qualitative enquiry and described through thematic analysis. The authors confirmed the key adoption factors identified in prior research: job relevance, usefulness, perceived user resources and device characteristics. However, some additional adoption factors were uncovered in this research, namely patient influence, support structures from national government and hospital administration, and unease in respect of malpractice legal suits.

Modelling the utilization of cloud health information systems in the Iraqi public healthcare sector

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 132-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Meri ◽  
MK Hasan ◽  
Mahmoud Danaee ◽  
Mustafa Jaber ◽  
Mu'taman Jarrar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Information Systems ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Public Healthcare Sector

Adoption of Mobile Technology by Public Healthcare Doctors

2011 ◽  
pp. 209-225
Author(s):  
Nesaar Banderker ◽  
Jean-Paul Van Belle
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Resource Constraints ◽  
Quality Of Healthcare ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
The Public ◽  
Adoption Factors ◽  
Public Healthcare Sector

South African doctors working in the public healthcare sector are faced with the unique resource constraints prevalent in a developing country. Mobile information and communication technologies (ICTs) hold the promise of improving the quality of healthcare, but this potential can only be unlocked if individuals decide to adopt the new technologies. Understanding the factors that influence the doctor’s adoption of a technology is therefore vital. This article reports on an investigation into the factors influencing the adoption of mobile devices by doctors in the public healthcare sector in the Western Cape, South Africa. The research methodology was shaped by qualitative enquiry and described through thematic analysis. The authors confirmed the key adoption factors identified in prior research: job relevance, usefulness, perceived user resources and device characteristics. However, some additional adoption factors were uncovered in this research, namely patient influence, support structures from national government and hospital administration, and unease in respect of malpractice legal suits. [Article copies are available for purchase from InfoSci-on-Demand.com]

scholarly journals Blockchains for Secure Digitized Medicine

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuaib ◽  
Saleous ◽  
Shuaib ◽  
Zaki
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Personalized Medicine ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Distributed Environment ◽  
Healthcare Information ◽  
Healthcare Information Systems ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Near Future ◽  
And Personalized Medicine

Blockchain as an emerging technology has been gaining in popularity, with more possible applications to utilize the technology in the near future. With the offer of a decentralized, distributed environment without the need for a third trusted party (TTP), blockchains are being used to solve issues in systems that are susceptible to cyberattacks. One possible field that could benefit from blockchains that researchers have been focusing on is healthcare. Current healthcare information systems face several challenges, such as fragmented patient data, centralized systems which are viewed as single points of attacks, and the lack of patient-oriented services. In this paper, we investigate and analyze recent literature related to the use of blockchains to tackle issues found in modern healthcare information systems. This is done to understand issues that researchers commonly focus on, to discover remaining areas of concern in any proposed solution, and to understand the possible directions of the integration of blockchains in healthcare and personalized medicine. Background information regarding blockchains and existing healthcare information systems is reviewed, followed by the methodology used in the preparation of this review, where the research questions to consider are stated. Afterwards, an analysis of the results is provided, concluding with a discussion of the remaining issues that need to be focused on, and how blockchains could benefit the healthcare sector and empower personalized medicine.

Job satisfaction, dual practice and intention to work abroad in the Serbian public healthcare sector

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (suppl_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Šantric Milicevic ◽  
M Gacevic ◽  
N Milic ◽  
M Milicevic ◽  
M Vasic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Dual Practice ◽  
Public Healthcare Sector ◽  
Work Abroad
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