Testing the technology acceptance model for evaluating healthcare professionals' intention to use an adverse event reporting system

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-129

  Wu, Jen Her ^a   Shen, Wen Shen ^a   Lin, Li Min ^b   Greenes, Robert A ^c   Bates, David W ^d  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MEIHO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient safety; Reporting systems; Technology acceptance model; Trust

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CAUSAL MODELING; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TRUST; VALIDITY;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; TAIWAN; TRUST;

EID: 41149178154     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzm074     Document Type: Article

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