User acceptance of Health Information Technology (HIT) in developing countries: A literature review

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:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	T Technology (General) T58.5 Information technology T58.6 Management information systems
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/38994/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/38994/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/38994/1/225_-_After_Review.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/38994/2/Presentation_Schedule_HCist_-_International_Conference_on_Health_and_Social_Care_Information_Systems_and_Technologies.pdf

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spelling	iium-389942015-10-16T06:35:13Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/38994/ User acceptance of Health Information Technology (HIT) in developing countries: A literature review 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. 2014 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/38994/1/225_-_After_Review.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/38994/2/Presentation_Schedule_HCist_-_International_Conference_on_Health_and_Social_Care_Information_Systems_and_Technologies.pdf Ahlan, Abdul Rahman and Ahmad, Barroon Isma'eel (2014) User acceptance of Health Information Technology (HIT) in developing countries: A literature review. In: HCIST 2014 - International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies, 15-17 October 2014, Troia, Portugal. http://hcist.scika.org/
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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 literature review
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	Conference or Workshop Item
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 literature review
title_short	User acceptance of Health Information Technology (HIT) in developing countries: A literature review
title_full	User acceptance of Health Information Technology (HIT) in developing countries: A literature review
title_fullStr	User acceptance of Health Information Technology (HIT) in developing countries: A literature review
title_full_unstemmed	User acceptance of Health Information Technology (HIT) in developing countries: A literature review
title_sort	user acceptance of health information technology (hit) in developing countries: a literature review
publishDate	2014
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User acceptance of Health Information Technology (HIT) in developing countries: A literature review

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