The Readiness Study of E-Health Adoption Among Regional Public Hospitals; An Empirical Study in Indonesia

Vera Pujani, Hardisman, Rima Semiarty and Rebi Fara Handika
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Vera Pujani: Department of Management, Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia
Hardisman: Department of Medical, Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia
Rima Semiarty: Department of Medical, Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia
Rebi Fara Handika: Department of Management, Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia

International Journal of Health and Medical Sciences, 2018, vol. 4, issue 2, 40-47

Abstract: The utilization of information technologies in the health sector has rapidly increased not only in developed countries but also in developing countries like Indonesia. Accordingly, this study aims to investigate the role of four readiness categories including core, engagement, societal and, structural in adopting e-health in Regional Public Hospitals (RPH) in Padang, Indonesia. This proposed paper presents a quantitative research of the survey technique and had distributed self-administrated questionnaires to hospital information systems users in purposive sampling technique. The data obtained was analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and PLS 3.0 software to test hypotheses. Finally, the study had tested four hypotheses and all of them was significantly influence in adopting ehealth in RPH. Additionally, in adopting e-heath, core, engagement, societal and structural readiness were identified as important factors influenced as the readiness model of e-health implementation in public hospitals. There are some issues related to adopting e-heath in developing countries and public hospitals especially related to e-readiness and Information Communication Technology (ICT) planning. The research conclusion and the further research related parties was described in final section of this paper.

Keywords: E-health adoption; hospital information systems; e-readiness; public hospitals; Indonesia; PLS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.20469/ijhms.40002-2

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