The Effect of Internet Self-Efficacy on Electronic Medical Record Acceptance–Medical Image Report System as an Example

• Main Authors: Jen-kuei Chuang, 莊仁魁
• Other Authors: Jin-sheng Roan
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/85648185391697964093

碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 資訊管理所暨醫療資訊管理所 === 98 === An electronic medical record system helps to raise the competitive ability of a hospital, reduce medical waste, aid clinical processes, and improve medical care. From the perspective of public health, such systems can integrate the health-related information of citizens into a patient-centered heath care service system. Consequently, implementation of these systems has become an essential investment for hospitals and an important government policy. Medical images are essential diagnostic tools that require significant resources for digital storage. Currently, most regional hospitals have set up medical image storage systems, and the Department of Health in Taiwan has asked such institutions to put certain kinds of images, such as those obtained from CT and MRI, into the exchange platform for electronic medical records. This is because obtaining such images is very expensive, so exchanging them can save a considerable amount of resources. However, while this issue has received attention in the literature, most the related works are concerned with technical matters or the associated benefits, how such systems are actually used has received much less attention. This research, based on Davis’ Technology Acceptance Model (1989), Bandura’s Self-Efficacy Theory (1986), and Igbaria and Iivari’s idea about the effects of computer self-efficacy on computer usage, examines how internet self-efficacy, perceived ease of use, and perceived usefulness affect the intention of medical personnel to use medical image report systems. 100 questionnaires were distributed and 51 effective ones were returned for further analysis. The results are as follows: 1. Internet self-efficacy has a significant effect on perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness. 2. Perceived ease of use has a significant effect on perceived usefulness. 3. Perceived usefulness has a significant effect on intention to use.