title: Predicting medical staff intention to use an online reporting system with modified unified theory of acceptance and use of technology.
abstract: Barriers to report incident events using an online information system (IS) may be different from those of a paper-based reporting system. The nationwide online Patient-Safety Reporting System (PSRS) contains a value judgment behind use of the system, similar to the Value of Perceived Consequence (VPC), which is seldom discussed in ISs applications of other disciplines. This study developed a more adequate research framework by integrating the VPC construct into the well-known Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model as a theoretical base to explore the predictors of medical staff's intention to use online PSRS. The results showed that management support was an important factor to influence medical staff's intention of using PSRS. The effects of factors such as performance expectancy, perceived positive, and perceived negative consequence on medical staff's intention of using PSRS were moderated by gender, age, experience, and occupation. The results proved that the modified UTAUT model is significant and useful in predicting medical staff's intention of using the nationwide online PSRS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Information Management, National Chung Cheng University, Chia-Yi, Taiwan.
authors.forename: I-Chiu
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Hui-Mei
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Hsu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D009862:Online Systems; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012449:Safety / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012944:Social Support; D055815:Young Adult