Empowering human capital hospitals, with the establishment of hospital information systems

Masoumeh Rahimipour¹ Abbasali Ghaiyoomi² Khalil Alimohamadzadeh³

1) 1-MS.C ,Graduated, Health Services Management, Faculty of Management ,Islamic Azad University, Tehran North Branch ,Tehran,Iran
2) 2-Associate Professor, Planning management,Department of Management of Islamic Azad University, Tehran North Branch, Tehran, Iran
3) Assistant Professor, Health Services Management , Department of Management , Faculty of Management of Islamic Azad University, Tehran North Branch, Tehran, Iran

IOI Code : XYCF-ADHBZ
Publication : 2nd.International Congress on Management, Economy, Humanities and Business Development(icmba.ir)
Abstract :
    Introduction: Employees Empowerment is a process that requires appropiate conditions in the organization. The application of Information System in health sector as a function scientific approach and critical element in empowering employees provides the possibility of enhancing the capacities and development of human resources capabilities. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between application of hospital information system and psychological empowerment of hospital staff. Methods:This study was a descriptive survey research and applied-correlation type. Subjects addressed in this study included 304 staff of Vali-asr hospital in Tehran who were associated with HIS. Using Morgan and Krejcie table, 170 people were determined to be studied who were selected through stratified random sampling. Data were collected via two questionnaires made by the researcher. These questionnaires were adapted from previous studies. The reliability and the validity of these questionnaires were retested 0.93 based on Cronbachs alpha coefficient. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test proved that the datasets used in this research is normal. To analyze the data , The descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient and linear regression were used via SPSS software. Results: The results of Pearsons correlation and linear regression analysis showed a significant positive correlation between the use of hospital information system and the individual components of psychological empowerment which was 05/0>p. (p=0.001, R=0.567, RS= 0.322) Conclusion: As the results of this study shows, Hospital Information System has a meaningful relationship and effective role in development and empowerment of human resources in all aspects including knowledge, improve performance , reinforcing the decision making, and improving the staff profession. The development of information technology in health sector requires modifying structure and improving appropriate cultural, communicative, and organizational backgrounds. Moreover, to develop the concept of empowerment, strategies such as holding educational and training courses,motivation and job satisfaction for the staff seems to be necessary.

Keywords : hospital information system empowerment professional skills health information technology