User acceptance of Health Information Technology (HIT) in developing countries: a conceptual model

User acceptance of Health Information Technology (HIT) in developing countries: a conceptual model

Health Information Technology (HIT) has the potential to improve the quality, efficiency, outcomes, patient safety and reduce the cost of healthcare. But HIT systems are not widely available, and even if available are not properly utilized. This paper reviewed some available HIT systems in order to...

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Main Authors: Ahlan, Abdul Rahman, Ahmad, Barroon Isma'eel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2014
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T Technology (General)
T58.5 Information technology
T58.6 Management information systems
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spelling iium-389912015-05-13T06:47:54Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/38991/ User acceptance of Health Information Technology (HIT) in developing countries: a conceptual model Ahlan, Abdul Rahman Ahmad, Barroon Isma'eel T Technology (General) T58.5 Information technology T58.6 Management information systems Health Information Technology (HIT) has the potential to improve the quality, efficiency, outcomes, patient safety and reduce the cost of healthcare. But HIT systems are not widely available, and even if available are not properly utilized. This paper reviewed some available HIT systems in order to have an idea on their availability. Also works on acceptance of HIT systems were reviewed so as to understand the level of research done in the area. The problems identified from this work include lack of availability of these systems especially in developing countries, insufficient works on user acceptance of HIT systems, etc. These limitations can be overcome when researchers study the factors that will affect the user acceptance of these systems, and then consider the factors while developing the systems. Elsevier Ltd. 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/38991/1/38991.pdf Ahlan, Abdul Rahman and Ahmad, Barroon Isma'eel (2014) User acceptance of Health Information Technology (HIT) in developing countries: a conceptual model. Procedia Technology , 16. pp. 1287-1296. ISSN 2212-0173 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212017314003727# 10.1016/j.protcy.2014.10.145
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topic T Technology (General)
T58.5 Information technology
T58.6 Management information systems
spellingShingle T Technology (General)
T58.5 Information technology
T58.6 Management information systems
Ahlan, Abdul Rahman
Ahmad, Barroon Isma'eel
User acceptance of Health Information Technology (HIT) in developing countries: a conceptual model
description Health Information Technology (HIT) has the potential to improve the quality, efficiency, outcomes, patient safety and reduce the cost of healthcare. But HIT systems are not widely available, and even if available are not properly utilized. This paper reviewed some available HIT systems in order to have an idea on their availability. Also works on acceptance of HIT systems were reviewed so as to understand the level of research done in the area. The problems identified from this work include lack of availability of these systems especially in developing countries, insufficient works on user acceptance of HIT systems, etc. These limitations can be overcome when researchers study the factors that will affect the user acceptance of these systems, and then consider the factors while developing the systems.
format Article
author Ahlan, Abdul Rahman
Ahmad, Barroon Isma'eel
author_facet Ahlan, Abdul Rahman
Ahmad, Barroon Isma'eel
author_sort Ahlan, Abdul Rahman
title User acceptance of Health Information Technology (HIT) in developing countries: a conceptual model
title_short User acceptance of Health Information Technology (HIT) in developing countries: a conceptual model
title_full User acceptance of Health Information Technology (HIT) in developing countries: a conceptual model
title_fullStr User acceptance of Health Information Technology (HIT) in developing countries: a conceptual model
title_full_unstemmed User acceptance of Health Information Technology (HIT) in developing countries: a conceptual model
title_sort user acceptance of health information technology (hit) in developing countries: a conceptual model
publisher Elsevier Ltd.
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/38991/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/38991/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/38991/1/38991.pdf
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