Keywords
electronic health records, user engagement, regulatory mandates
Abstract
Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems are the predominant information system (IS) used by healthcare clinicians and have been the source of both great success and pain. User engagement with EHR systems is unique from traditional IS contexts in significant ways. Prior research explains EHR usage and success primarily on traditional technology acceptance research (i.e., TAM, UTAUT). However, these models assume that EHR engagement is no different from IS systems in general business domains. Yet, the healthcare context is far more regulated than most. Based on qualitative focus group sessions with a leading healthcare analytics firm (KLAS Research), we identify the role of mandates, penalties, and enforcements from government, organizations, associations, and insurance companies in explaining EHR engagement. We validate a measurement instrument for these factors and demonstrate that their inclusion can improve model fit five times over a traditional UTAUT-based model (R2 = 54.8% versus 10.2%).
Original Publication Citation
"An Institutional Theory Perspective on EHR Engagement: Mandates, Penalties, and Enforcement", Hawaiian International Conference on Systems Sciences, 2022
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Keith, Mark J.; Stewart, Elina Chun; Stewart, Tevin; Josephson, Mitchell; Cash, Bob; and Bice, Connor, "An Institutional Theory Perspective on EHR Engagement: Mandates, Penalties, and Enforcement" (2022). Faculty Publications. 9489.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/9489
Document Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
2022
Publisher
Hawaiian International Conference on Systems Sciences
Language
English
College
Marriott School of Business
Department
Information Systems Management
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