Organizational decision to adopt hospital information system: An empirical investigation in the case of Malaysian public hospitals

An evaluation model for the implementation of hospital information system in public hospitals using multi-criteria-decision-making (MCDM) approaches

“…More attention has been given to TOE framework and it is accepted from diverse fields of study as it creates Rogers' DOI theory more capable of explaining organizational innovation adoption by including an important novel component of environmental dimension [72], [77]. A lot of research works which have empirically examined the TOE framework, revealed that the TOE framework importantly helped to understand the adoption of technological innovations [12], [54], [72], [73], [78], [79]. In many noticeable researches conducted based on TOE framework, factors, which are crucial in information system's adoption were carefully investigated.…”

“…Furthermore, TOE framework was found as meaningful and effective to identify the factors affecting the e-signature adoption within a hospital setting [88]. Lian et al [91] and Ahmadi et al [5], [12] also strongly believed that TOE framework is a potential lens that can appropriately analyze the context of hospital technology adoption. Authors applied this framework to explore the significant dimensional factors influencing the HIS adoption in the context of Taiwan and Malaysia, respectively.…”

“…Yusof et al indicate that HOT-fit model can be deployed both by practitioners and researchers to effectively assess the IS applications adoption in the healthcare centers. Most of the previous HIS researches have emphasized technical issues that direct success or failure of HIS in certain context and with certain user [5], [12], [91], [96], [102], [103]. Kilsdonk et al [104] noted that adopting healthcare information systems in hospital setting is the most important emphasis of HOT-fit model.…”

“…On an attempt to review the prior empirical studies of health innovation adoption of Ahmadi et al [12], it was indicated that the frequent role of top manager's support has a positive effect to change the attitude of the organization towards adopting the HIS innovation. In addition to that, Thong and Yap [127] asserted that the attitude of top managers influences the innovative technology adoption, particularly when they understood advantages and disadvantages of IT and knowledge or experiences in IT.…”

“…Subsequently, in the 1980s, it was used in clinical services where a large amount of laboratory examination data was stored electronically [10]. Since the HIS assists healthcare providers to streamline the flow of patients' information and its accessibility, the significance of the HIS in providing high-quality patient care has been developed [4,9,[11][12][13][14]. Therefore, implementation of HIS becomes fundamentally crucial in making the right diagnostic, treatment and administration requirements, and thereby delivers better patient care and support to clinical decision making [15][16][17].…”