Abstract
BackgroundHospital electronic information management systems (HEIMS) are widely used in Ghana, and hence its performance must be carefully assessed. Nurses as clinical health personnel are the largest cluster of hospital staff and are the pillar of healthcare delivery. Therefore, they play a crucial role in the adoption and assessment of HEIMSs in Ghana. This report sought to assess the “Social Influence” (SI) and “Facilitating Conditions” (FC) that support Nurses’ Acceptance of HEIMS in Ghana using the “Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology” (UTAUT) model.MethodsThis study applied a non-experimental survey design. An electronic platform questionnaire on smartphones was used to collect data on 660 nurses. Statistically, AMOS Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) version 22.0 was employed to examine the research model.Results“Behavioral Intention” (BI) to HEIMS use was significantly predicted by SI and FC (p < 0.001). Notably, both SI and FC had an influence on nurses’ use behavior (UB) with behavioral intention (BI) as the mediator, which explains a total of 42.1% variance in the intention of nurses to use HEIMS. Likewise, UB of HEIMS was also significantly predicted by SI (R2 = 43.2) and BI (R2 = 0.39.6) with both constructs explaining a total of 51.7% of the variance in nurses’ acceptance to use HEIMS.ConclusionNurses’ adoption of HEIMS in terms of the UB was influenced by SI and BI, whiles SI and FC had the strongest influence on BI (serving as mediator) of UB to adopt and use HEIMS among the nurses in Ghanaian hospitals.
Highlights
Hospital electronic information management systems (HEIMS) are widely used in Ghana, and its performance must be carefully assessed
This study focused on primary data derived from Nurses working in five major public hospitals in Ghana where HEIMS was being applied for patient care
Most respondents (52.4%) were between the ages of 20 and 30 years with all the respondents having at least a diploma degree (basic qualification to become a nurse in Frequency(N = 660) Percentage (%)
Summary
Hospital electronic information management systems (HEIMS) are widely used in Ghana, and its performance must be carefully assessed. Nursing care is primarily based on a procedure that entails assessment, diagnosis, effects and planning, implementation, as well as assessment of the care of the affected person, while the documentation in the health report ought to mirror this system [4]. These nursing services are emerging field that has been substantially influenced by health technology usage. To determine the social influence of Nurses and its impact on usage behavior of hospital electronic information management systems (HEIMS). All health information technologies and EHRs platforms are termed as “Hospital Electronic Information Management
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