An investigation of external factors for technological acceptance model of nurses in Indonesia

Abstract

The Indonesian government policy has required the hospitals in Indonesia to implement a health information system. There are still found many barriers in its implementation in the hospitals such as lack of facilities and human resources which lead to the problem complexity. As a result, the e-health system implementation has not been being optimum. This study is purposed to recognize the problem of technology implementation, particularly the adoption of the aplication system by using Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) theory. By reviewing the previous studies and literatures, we detected the need to relate the external variables of PEOU and PEU which are rooted in TAM. The study we conducted shows that TAM model application as the e-Health measurement framework in Indonesia needs to be extended particularly its factors which significantly influence PEOU and PEU. The factors are personal factor and organizational factor. Furthermore, a model is formulated for future empirical testing.