Authors : Waleed KH Mohamed Al-Hadban, Shafiz Affendi Mohd Yusof and Kamarul Faizal Hashim
Abstract: Implementing Healthcare Information Systems (HIS) within today hospitals has become a priority and a necessity. However, this task is not free of challenges due to a range of different but inter-connected factors that need to be accounted for to assure the adoption of those technologies by healthcare professionals; otherwise, those complex and high technical projects might be faced with resistance, low adoption and even failure in some cases as reported in the literature. The use of HIS within Iraq public healthcare institutions is still below desired levels as stated by governmental evaluation reports despite the substantial funds allocated for those HIS projects. For this reason, the current study attempts to empirically investigate the factors that influence the use and adoption of HIS systems among healthcare professionals within Iraq public hospitals by employing an extended version of the UTAUT Model with the integration of additional individual and technological factors to the original model. The study’s proposed model was able to explain 32 and 41% of the variance within both behavioral intention and the use of HIS. The study findings highlighted the important issues related to the staff’s adoption behavior which can be very helpful for healthcare officials in order to overcome the current problems and to set better strategies for upcoming projects.
Waleed KH Mohamed Al-Hadban, Shafiz Affendi Mohd Yusof and Kamarul Faizal Hashim, 2016. Revisiting the UTAUT in Iraq Public Healthcare Sector. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 11: 644-654.