The acceptance level of Hospital Information Management System (HIMS) among the nursing officials working in a teaching hospital
نویسندگان
1 MOHFW, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow Uttar Pradesh, India
2 Independent Public Health Researcher, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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4 Department of Hospital Administration, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
5 Department of Hospital Administration, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
6 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
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چکیده
BACKGROUND: The acceptability of hospital staff in the use of hospital information managementsystem (HIMS) is an emerging research area it can explain the fate of any HIMS development andimplementation project in hospitals. The aim of this study was to observe the level of acceptance ofHMIS among nursing officials working at a teaching hospital.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross‑sectional study was conducted for 1 year in a teachinghospital of northern India by using a pretested questionnaire. Our study participants were nursingofficers who were not under the probation period and we used a purposive sampling (10% nursesfrom each ward). Our sample size was 256.RESULTS: We have observed that majority of 174 (67.96%) participants had good acceptabilityto the HIMS system. Our study revealed that most of the participants were aware of HIMS. Amongall participants, nearly half of them had good acceptability to the HIMS system. This is may be dueto their job profiles, distribution of their working places, and their past experiences with HMIS. Thebottlenecks such as connectivity problem, error prevention, and lack of training can be addressedby the hospital management by proper measures.CONCLUSION: The acceptance level of HIMS among the nursing officials working in a teachinghospital was good.
