Information technology capacities assessment tool in hospitals: Instrument development and validation

Abstract

This study unifies existing work in this area, and presents the psychometric properties of an IT capacities assessment tool in hospitals. By developing scores for capturing IT capacities in hospitals, it is possible to further address important research questions related to the determinants and impacts of IT sophistication in these settings.

Challenges for the German Health Care System

“…Health care indicators might be helpful to improve political decisions [143 -145] and have been introduced in some countries Table 4 IT applications modified according to Jaana and Pare [129,130]. [146 -149].…”

“…In some countries, e. g., Canada, HIT has been introduced and stepwise further development is planned [128]. HIT consists of technical tools for collecting, storing, and transferring information electronically and practical definitions used including a broad range of complex technologies and systems involved in managing and sharing patient information electronically, and which support the care process and enable better quality of services for patients [129,130]. The application of information and communication technologies in the health-care sector include hospitals (e. g., electronic patient administration systems, laboratory and radiology information systems, telemedicine, electronic medical record systems), home care settings (e. g., teleconsults, telemonitoring, home dialysis systems) and primary care (e. g., computer systems for patient management, medical records, electronic prescribing) [131].…”

Exploring Health Information Technology Innovativeness and its Antecedents in Canadian Hospitals

“…In case of current implementation, the extent of use of computerized processes and technologies was assessed on a 1-7 scale. A detailed description of the survey instrument and its validation is provided in Jaana et al [43], and all items from the HIT innovativeness measurement instrument are presented in ǠAppendix 1 c . Survey respondents were also asked to provide information on: the number of inpatient beds in their hospital and whether their hospital is affiliated to a medical school (measures of structural capacity); the approximate annual operating budget of their organization (in CAN$) and the percentage of the budget allocated to IT (measures of financial capacity); the number of years of experience in the IT field or domain (IT tenure) and whether there is a formal IT steering committee in their organization (measures of leadership capacity); the geographic location of their hospital (urban or rural), the number of permanent IT staff, and whether their hospital is affiliated with a network (as measures of knowledge-sharing capacity).…”

Do Skill Mix and High Tech Matter for Hospitals' Competency in Adopting Electronic Health Records?

“…Studies on EHRs in hospitals focus on the current capacity mostly defined as the inventory of EHR-related technologies and its application [3]. As far as the authors are aware, there are no papers that attempt to quantify organizational competency of a hospital when adopting EHRs.…”