title: Evaluation of Acceptance of Nursing Information System in a German and American Hospital.
abstract: Nursing Information Systems (NIS) are not well-adopted and accepted in Germany. The evaluation of a NIS deployment in a German University Hospital supports this assumption. A second side study in the US should point out the differences regarding the technical and organizational differences. We use a questionnaire including standardized instruments like the Unified Theory of Acceptance (UTAUT). Results indicated that nurses in Germany compared to in the US do not use nursing process documentation to the same extent. The main reasons behind the low usage in comparison with the US are deficits in ease-of-use, system performance and the high expenditure of time and paper work for charting nursing plans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Informatics, University Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany.
authors.forename: Anne-Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Vollmer
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Informatics, University Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany.
authors.forename: Hans-Ulrich
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Prokosch
authors.affiliation: Intermountain Healthcare Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.affiliation: Intermountain Healthcare Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuttler
mesh_terms: D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005858:Germany; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D062527:Meaningful Use / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D048108:Nursing Informatics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States