title: Users' acceptance and attitude in regarding electronic medical record at central polyclinic of oil industry in Isfahan, Iran.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Simultaneous with the rapid changes in the technology and information systems, hospitals interest in using them. One of the most common systems in hospitals is electronic medical record (EMR) whose one of uses is providing better health care quality via health information technology. Prior to its use, attempts should be put to identifying factors affecting the acceptance, attitude and utilizing of this technology. The current article aimed to study the effective factors of EMR acceptance by technology acceptance model (TAM) at central polyclinic of Oil Industry in Isfahan.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a practical, descriptive and regression study. The population research were all EMR users at polyclinic of Oil Industry in 2012 and its sampling was simple random with 62 users. The tool of data collection was a research-made questionnaire based on TAM. The validity of questionnaire has been assigned through the strategy of content validity and health information technology experts' views and its reliability by test-retest.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The system users have positive attitude toward using EMR (56.6%). Also, users are not very satisfied with effective external (38.14%) and behavioral factors (47.8%) upon using the system. Perceived ease-of-use (PEU) and perceived usefulness (PU) were at a good level.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Lack of relative satisfaction with using of EMR derives from factors such as appearance, screen, data and information quality and terminology. In this study, it is suggested to improve the system and the efficiency of the users through software' external factors development. So that PEU and users' attitude to be changed and moved in positive manner.
authors: Department of Management and Health Information Technology, Faculty of Management and Medical Informatics, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran.
authors: Nahid
authors: N
authors: Tavakoli
authors: Department of Management and Health Information Technology, Faculty of Management and Medical Informatics, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran.
authors: Arash
authors: A
authors: Shahin
authors: Department of Management and Health Information Technology, Faculty of Management and Medical Informatics, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran.
authors: Maryam
authors: M
authors: Jahanbakhsh
authors: Department of Management and Health Information Technology, Faculty of Management and Medical Informatics, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran.
authors: Habibollah
authors: H
authors: Mokhtari
authors: Department of Management and Health Information Technology, Faculty of Management and Medical Informatics, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran.
authors: Maryam
authors: M
authors: Rafiei
keywords: Electronic medical record; polyclinic; technology acceptance model