Exploring user´s compliance behavior towards Health Information System security policies based on extended Health Belief Model

Information security awareness is important among users because it can influence user´s behavior towards complying with organization information security policies. Therefore, the current study was conducted to examine information security awareness factors affecting user´s compliance behavior towards Health Information System (HIS) security policies based on extended Health Belief Model. The questionnaires were distributed to the respondents at selected public hospitals in Malaysia (N = 454). Statistical results confirm that perceived work experience, perceived severity, perceived benefit, cues to action, self-efficacy and perceived barrier were significant predictors of health information system´s security policies compliance behaviour while perceived susceptibility was insignificant. Our findings will prove to be beneficial to fellow researchers and policy makers, especially related to the medical sectors in improving user´s behavior toward practicing information security.