title: An empirical analysis of executive behaviour with hospital executive information systems in Taiwan.
abstract: Existing health information systems largely only support the daily operations of a medical centre, and are unable to generate the information required by executives for decision-making. Building on past research concerning information retrieval behaviour and learning through mental models, this study examines the use of information systems by hospital executives in medical centres. It uses a structural equation model to help find ways hospital executives might use information systems more effectively. The results show that computer self-efficacy directly affects the maintenance of mental models, and that system characteristics directly impact learning styles and information retrieval behaviour. Other results include the significant impact of perceived environmental uncertainty on scan searches; information retrieval behaviour and focused searches on mental models and perceived efficiency; scan searches on mental model building; learning styles and model building on perceived efficiency; and finally the impact of mental model maintenance on perceived efficiency and effectiveness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Information Management and Graduate Institute of Healthcare Information Management, National Chung Cheng University, 168, Sec 1, University Road, Ming-Hsiung, Chia-Yi 62102, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Wei-Min
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010465:Perception; D013624:Taiwan
keywords: SEM; Taiwan; computer self–efficacy; electronic healthcare; executive behaviour; executive information systems; e–healthcare; health EIS; health information systems; hospital executives; information retrieval; learning styles; medical centres; mental models; perceived efficiency; structural equation modelling