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Khammarnia M, Setoodehzadeh F, Peyvand M, Setayesh A H, Rezaei K, KordTamini A, et al . Evaluation of Integrated Health System Technology Acceptance among the users of Health Centers of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences; Iran. EBHPME 2019; 3 (3) :154-161
URL: http://jebhpme.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-178-en.html
Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran , mp.peyvand@yahoo.com
Abstract:   (5695 Views)
Background: The integrated health system (IHS) entitled “SIB” was launched in 2016 aimed to electronic health record (EHR) in the field of health. Given that, in addition to deploying the system, its acceptance criteria by users has a significant effect on its effectiveness and benefits: therefore, the present study was carried out aimed to determine the acceptance rate of IHS technology in health centers.
Methods: This study as a cross-sectional survey and applied research was conducted in Zahedan University of Medical Sciences (ZAUMS) in 2017. The population in the present study consisted of all users of SIB system affiliated ZAUMS. Of these, 285 users were selected (physician, health care provider, Behvarz) in five counties affiliated with ZAUMS using multistage cluster sampling. In this study, standard technology acceptance questionnaire was used for data collection. The data were analyzed by SPSS22 software and analyzed using descriptive statistics, one-way Anova, T test and other related tests.
Results: About 77.9 % of users used the system for several times a day. The SIB system acceptance rate by 49.5 % of users was moderate and 38.9 % of the users had excellent acceptance of this system. There was a significant relationship between the acceptance rate of SIB system among the users with age, gender, city, level of education, type of employment, place of work and organizational position (P < 0.05).
Conclusion: The results of this study show that, most users have accepted and confirmed the SIB system. Modification of the system with regional approach with the opinion and participation of specialists in comprehensive health service centers is suggested. .
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Type of Study: Original article | Subject: General
Received: 2018/12/7 | Accepted: 2019/09/30 | Published: 2019/09/30

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