Innovation Diffusion among Healthcare Workforce: Analysis of Adoption and Use of Medical ICT in Ghanaian Tertiary Hospitals

Henry Asante Antwi, Ethel Yiranbon, Zhou Lulin (), Barffour Adusei Maxwell, Awuni Joseph Agebase, Naminse Eric Yaw and Tevita Tangaroa Vakalalabure

International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2014, vol. 4, issue 7, 63-79

Abstract: One of the many notable interventions in the healthcare delivery service in Ghana is the adoption and use of medical technology to different aspects of hospital management especially the integrated Hospital Information Systems. These are comprehensive information support systems (medical sensors, scanners, expert systems, patent record management) implemented in most hospitals to integrate and provide rapid information in respect of patients, clinical, ancillary, legal, financial, service processing and other administrative issues. This research integrates each of the major elements from existing models to predict user acceptance, adoption and use of medical ICT in government hospitals in China and Ghana. Data is collected from a tertiary hospital in Ghana and analysed to evaluate a hierarchy of constraints and stimulants to the adoption and use of Medical ICT in government hospitals in Ghana, determines the extent to which cultural values or others can explain differences in the rate of adoption and use of Medical ICT in government hospitals in developing countries and make policy proposals towards amelioration of the problem of medical ICT adoption and use in government hospitals based on research outcome.

Date: 2014
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