Adoption of Health Management Information System (HMIS) among ESIC Healthcare Professionals in Southern Districts of Tamil Nadu: An Integrated Model

Abstract

It has been emphasised that a Health Management Information System (HMIS) will improve the ability to collect, store and analyse accurate health data, service delivery efficiency and effectiveness of intervention. Theobjective of the system is to record information on health events and check the quality of services at different levels of healthcare. The successful implementation of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and health programmes requires complex balancing of the competing views and concerns of the different stakeholders. Some clinicians will view new technology with suspicion, fearing its challenge to their professional autonomy and status. Patients will often seize on the potential benefits but will also hold legitimate concerns about the security and confidentiality of any electronically held patient data. IT specialists may seek to use cutting edge technology in the respective environments where existing tried and tested technology would be more than adequate to deliver real improvements in patient care.The adoption of the health management information system among Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) healthcare professionals and important issues related to system usage, including the implementation and current use of the HMIS at ESIC main hospital and dispensaries in Tirunelveli sub-region were examined by using a Technology Acceptance Model (TAM).Information and data were collected from 171 ESIC healthcare professionals in three southern districts (Tirunelveli, Tuticorin and Kanyakumari) in Tamil Nadu. An analysis provided enough evidence for the proposition that integration of ICT with the health care professional -patient relationship adequately addressed the service efficiency.

Health professionals’ technology readiness on the acceptance of teleradiology in the Amhara regional state public hospitals, northwest Ethiopia: Using technology readiness acceptance model (TRAM)

“…Similarly, perceived ease of use shows a statistically significant effect on the perceived usefulness of teleradiology. This finding is similar to previous studies conducted in Ethiopia [ 67 ] and elsewhere abroad in Taiwan [ 36 ] and India [ 68 ]. The possible explanation for this could be that the more user-friendly a technology is, the higher its perceived usefulness value among individuals [ 27 , 32 ].…”

“…The results demonstrate that cognitive factors (perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness) positively influence health professionals’ behavioral intentions to use teleradiology. Our study demonstrates that perceived usefulness and ease of use encourage behavioral intention to use teleradiology, which is similar to previous research studies [ 18 , 68 ]. This implies that when professionals perceive a technology is simple to use, helpful to their future work, and whose benefits outweigh the drawbacks [ 69 ], they might have a positive intention towards the use of the system in the future.…”