TITLE:
Health Professionals’ Attitudes towards Digital Transformation through the Use of Hospital Information Systems: The Case of a General Oncology Hospital of Attica
AUTHORS:
Chrysostomos Natsis, Sofoklis Chrysanthopoulos, Maria-Aggeliki Stamouli
KEYWORDS:
Hospital Information Systems, Attitudes of Health Professionals, ICT
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.8 No.10,
October
29,
2020
ABSTRACT: Purpose: The study of the attitude of Health Professionals of the General
Oncology Hospital of Attica towards the integrated Hospital Information Systems
(HISs) as well as of the socio-demographic factors that shape it. Material-Method: A stratified sampling quantitative survey was conducted using the occupational
category of the employees as the stratification variable. Data were collected
by employing the standard Nurses Attitudes towards Computerization (NATC)
self-report questionnaire. Statistical analysis was conducted with the use of
the statistical data processing SPSS-v25 software. Results: The staff of
the General Oncology Hospital under study have a positive attitude towards the
use of Hospital Information Systems (Mean = 3.73, SD. = 0.54). Statistically
significant differences between occupational categories were found only for the
dimension of “Providing quality care to the patient” (p = 0.007) and more specifically among nurses and doctors. Regarding the
effect of demographic factors on the five dimensions that form the attitude of
health professionals towards the HIS, only “gender” (p = 0.009) and “occupation categories” (p = 0.007) seem to influence this attitude and specifically the dimension
“Providing quality care to the patient”, whereas “previous experience in use of computers at work” affects the dimension
“Reduction in jobs” (p = 0.009). Conclusions: The statistical analysis of the data
showed that the employees of the General Oncology Hospital under study have a
positive attitude towards the use of the integrated Hospital Informatics
Systems (HISs). Males tend to have the most positive attitude while employees
who already make use of personal computers in their work, tend to disagree with
the view that HIS will lead to a job reduction.