The Factors Affecting Intentions of Medical Staff to Use Personal Health Record in Northern Hospitals of Taiwan

Application of health information technology be able to solve a lot of problems of medical management, and effective actions to achieve the purpose of medical care. The "Personal Health Record" (PHR), so that patients can have, access and update their health records and share health information to a new healthcare provider can avoid the duplication of a clinic procedures, reduce medical costs and time, and can make an appointment online, tracking vaccinations, check drug allergy, master with health-related information such as exercise, diet condition, and have no time constraints to the hospital clinic. In the future, PHR is expected to reduce medical errors, reduce costs, effective use of medical resources. Purpose of this study is to understand the impact to the staff's attitude and intention when they use the PHR, and to explore the medical records of personal health awareness and intention to use the relevant factors, the research result will be a reference to government authority or medical institutions in order to promote personal health record system in Taiwan.

In this study, there will include the medical staff of three hospitals in Taipei, the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM model) based structured questionnaire will be used, questionnaire had tested by validity and reliability. The electronic questionnaires will be used, and apply the software SPSS and Amos17.0 descriptive and inferential statistical analysis.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

1800

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Taipei, Taiwan, 116
        • Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Health care providers from three hospitals in Taipei

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Health care provider
  • Volunteer Subject
  • Be able to understand the content of questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria:

- None

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Health Care Providers

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Hsyien-Chia Wen, Ph.D., Taipei Medical University Department of Health Care

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2010

Study Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 11, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 13, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

May 14, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

May 14, 2010

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 13, 2010

Last Verified

May 1, 2010

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 99014

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