Mohammedjud Hassen Ahmed|Adina Demissie Bogale|Binyam Tilahun|Mulugeta Hayelom Kalayou|Jörn Klein|Shegaw Anagaw Mengiste|Berhanu Fikadie Endehabtu
Intention to use electronic medical record and its predictors among health care providers at referral hospitals, north-West Ethiopia, 2019: using unified theory of acceptance and use technology 2(UTAUT2) model
University of Gondar|University of Gondar|University of Gondar|University of South-Eastern Norway|Posten (Norway)|University of South-Eastern Norway|Posten (Norway)|University of Gondar
abstract background electronic medical records emrs systems store patient information like medical histories test results medications electronically helps give quality service improving data handling communication healthcare setting emr implementation developing countries increasing exponentially successfully implemented intention use emrs health care provider crucial successful implementation adoption emrs however intention health care providers use emr ethiopia unknown objective aim study assess health care providers intention use predictors towards electronic medical record systems three referral hospitals northwest ethiopia 2019 methods institutional based crosssectional explanatory study design conducted march september among 420 health care providers working three referral hospitals northwest ethiopia data analyzed using structural equation model sem simple multiple sem used assess determinants health care providers intention use emrs critical ratio standardized coefficients used measure association dependent independent variables 95 confidence intervals p value calculated evaluate statistical significance qualitative data analyzed using thematic analysis result mean age study subjects 324 years 83 sd twothird 293698 participants male among 420 health care providers 167 398 scored mean intention use emrs factors positively associated intention use emrs performance expectancy 039 p lt 0001 effort expectancy 024 p lt 0001social influence 018 p lt 0001facilitating condition 023 p lt 0001 computer literacy 008 p lt 0001 performance expectancy highly associated intention use emrs conclusion generally 40 health care providers scored mean intention use emrs performance expectancy played major role determining health care providers intention use emrs intention health care providers use emrs attributed social influence facilitating condition organization effort expectancy performance expectancy computer literacy therefore identifying necessary prerequisites actual implementation emrs help improve implementation status