DocumentCode
3124432
Title
The Determinants for the Use of Wireless System in Traditional Chinese Hospital
Author
Su, Ying ; Gururajan, Raj
Author_Institution
Inf. Quality Lab., Inst. of Sci. & Tech. Inf., Beijing, China
fYear
2009
fDate
28-29 Dec. 2009
Firstpage
171
Lastpage
174
Abstract
Among various technological developments, the use of wireless systems is emerging rapidly in the developing and industrialized economies. Medical is no exception to this phenomenon, whereas individuals are trying to save lives instead of making profit in hospital. Researcher in information systems domain agreed that use of wireless portable system in hospital could improve quality of care, cost reduction, error reductions, and better information quality. Awareness and use of information communication technologies (ICT) are on the rise in China and uptake of the wireless system in hospital is relatively slow. This paper present the initial finding of the data collected from traditional Chinese medical professionals regarding their opinions and views about the use of wireless portable system in hospital. Total of 100 surveys were distributed and 86 useable surveys were returned, data was analyzed through SPSS software. Factor analysis through SPSS analysis clearly shows that Chinese hospital professionals are concerned about the usefulness and outcome offered by the system itself.
Keywords
biomedical communication; hospitals; medical information systems; radio links; radio networks; ICT; SPSS software; factor analysis; information communication technologies; information systems; traditional Chinese hospital; wireless portable system; wireless system; Communication system security; Costs; Hospitals; Information systems; Instruments; Management training; Medical services; Quality management; Wireless networks; Wireless sensor networks; adoption of wireless system; information quality; portable computers; traditional Chinese hospital; use of wireless technology;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Wireless Networks and Information Systems, 2009. WNIS '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location
Shanghai
Print_ISBN
978-0-7695-3901-0
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-5400-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/WNIS.2009.102
Filename
5381881
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