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Modeling the acceptance of clinical information systems among hospital medical staff: Anextended TAM mode

Moustakis Vasilis, Zabetakis Leonidas, Dimopoulou Athanasia, Melas Markos

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URI: http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/A9C933BD-D405-4B72-AD76-0766DB9E28BE
Year 2011
Type of Item Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication
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Bibliographic Citation Melas, CD, Zampetakis, LA, Dimopoulou A, and Moustakis V.Modeling the acceptance of clinical information systems among hospital medical staff: An extended TAM model. Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 2011 Aug. Vol. 44 Issue 4, pp:553-64, doi:10.1016/j.jbi.2011.01.009 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2011.01.009
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Recent empirical research has utilized the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to advance the understanding of doctors' and nurses' technology acceptance in the workplace. However, the majority of the reported studies are either qualitative in nature or use small convenience samples of medical staff. Additionally, in very few studies moderators are either used or assessed despite their importance in TAM based research. The present study focuses on the application of TAM in order to explain the intention to use clinical information systems, in a random sample of 604 medical staff (534 physicians) working in 14 hospitals in Greece. We introduce physicians' specialty as a moderator in TAM and test medical staff's information and communication technology (ICT) knowledge and ICT feature demands, as external variables. The results show that TAM predicts a substantial proportion of the intention to use clinical information systems. Findings make a contribution to the literature by replicating, explaining and advancing the TAM, whereas theory is benefited by the addition of external variables and medical specialty as a moderator. Recommendations for further research are discussed.

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