An empirical investigation of Technology Readiness among medical staff based in Greek hospitals

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 672-690

  Melas, Christos D ^a   Zampetakis, Leonidas A ^b,c   Dimopoulou, Anastasia ^d   Moustakis, Vassilis S ^b,e  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^d Department of Surgery Penteli General Paediatric Hospital of Athens   (Greece)

^e INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

ESEM; healthcare information systems; information and communication technology; latent profile analysis; technology readiness

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; TAXONOMIES;

ESEM; HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; PROFILE ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY READINESS;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84903995091     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2013.23     Document Type: Article

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