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ARTICLE FACTORS AFFECTING HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM ACCEPTANCE BY CAREGIVERS OF EDUCATIONAL HOSPITALS BASED ON TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL (TAM): A STUDY IN IRAN Jahanpour Alipour1,2, Salahaddin Safari Lafti3, Hesamedin Askari Majdabadi4, Azam Yazdiyani5, Ali Valinejadi6* 1
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Information Technology, Paramedical School, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IRAN 2 Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IRAN 3 PhD Student, Health Services Management Department, School of Management, Islamic Azad University of Shiraz, Shiraz, IRAN 4 Assistant Professor, Nursing Care Research Center, Department of Health, Nursing & Paramedical School, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, IRAN 5 BSc in Medical Record, Shahid Mohammadi Hospital, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandarabbas, IRAN 6 Assistant Professor, Department of Health Information Technology, Paramedical School, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, IRAN
ABSTRACT Technology acceptance model (TAM) is a valid model for predicting the technology acceptance by the users. This study aimed to identify factors affecting hospital information system acceptance by caregivers (physicians and nurses). This descriptive-analytical study was conducted in 2015. The research population was the physicians and nurses working in public hospitals of the city of Bandar-Abbas in Iran. The convenient sampling method was used to select 172 persons. Data collection tool was a questionnaire which its validity and reliability was measured. Data were entered within SPSS software and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics and the Spearman’s rho test. Direct and positive relationship exist between the variables of image in using IT applications and perceived usefulness (R=0.26, P
