<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_abm-2019-0027_s_006_w2aab3b7b1b1b6b1aab1c16b1Aa"><h3>Background</h3><p>To avoid possible failures and ineffective use of economic resources, necessary infrastructure must be provided before implementing new technologies in a developing country like Iran.</p></sec><sec id="j_abm-2019-0027_s_007_w2aab3b7b1b1b6b1aab1c16b2Aa"><h3>Objectives</h3><p>To assess the degree of readiness for implementing a radio frequency identification device (RFID) system in hospitals in Iran.</p></sec><sec id="j_abm-2019-0027_s_008_w2aab3b7b1b1b6b1aab1c16b3Aa"><h3>Methods</h3><p>We adopted a descriptive design and structural equation modeling (LISREL statistical software package) to analyze data collected from the hospitals affiliated with the Semnan University of Medical Sciences. All managers, physicians, residents, nurses, and staff members of the medical records and information technology sectors participated in this study. A questionnaire was designed by the investigators to collect ideas from the participants about organizational readiness, cultural readiness, and human resource readiness in implementing RFID.</p></sec><sec id="j_abm-2019-0027_s_009_w2aab3b7b1b1b6b1aab1c16b4Aa"><h3>Results</h3><p>We found a significant positive correlation between the variables studied. Human resource readiness significantly predicted RFID implementation, with cultural readiness playing the role of a mediator variable. Cultural readiness itself was influenced by organizational readiness (<italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.01). We found 0.346 (standard deviation: 0.374) changes in an arbitrary unit of the possibility of RFID implementation was attributed to human resources and cultural readiness.</p></sec><sec id="j_abm-2019-0027_s_010_w2aab3b7b1b1b6b1aab1c16b5Aa"><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Paying attention to cultural factors, which play an important role in implementing technological projects such as RFID in developing countries like Iran, can reduce the risk of failure. Hospitals should strengthen organizational factors and improve the support of top rank managers when implementing technological projects. By so doing, they will promote cultural readiness, prepare human resources, and win the cooperation of personnel for such projects.</p></sec></abstract>

BackgroundTo avoid possible failures and ineffective use of economic resources, necessary infrastructure must be provided before implementing new technologies in a developing country like Iran.ObjectivesTo assess the degree of readiness for implementing a radio frequency identification device (RFID) system in hospitals in Iran.MethodsWe adopted a descriptive design and structural equation modeling (LISREL statistical software package) to analyze data collected from the hospitals affiliated with the Semnan University of Medical Sciences. All managers, physicians, residents, nurses, and staff members of the medical records and information technology sectors participated in this study. A questionnaire was designed by the investigators to collect ideas from the participants about organizational readiness, cultural readiness, and human resource readiness in implementing RFID.ResultsWe found a significant positive correlation between the variables studied. Human resource readiness significantly predicted RFID implementation, with cultural readiness playing the role of a mediator variable. Cultural readiness itself was influenced by organizational readiness (P < 0.01). We found 0.346 (standard deviation: 0.374) changes in an arbitrary unit of the possibility of RFID implementation was attributed to human resources and cultural readiness.ConclusionsPaying attention to cultural factors, which play an important role in implementing technological projects such as RFID in developing countries like Iran, can reduce the risk of failure. Hospitals should strengthen organizational factors and improve the support of top rank managers when implementing technological projects. By so doing, they will promote cultural readiness, prepare human resources, and win the cooperation of personnel for such projects.

Assessing hospital readiness for radio frequency identification device implementation in Iran: a conceptual model

Asian Biomedicine

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BackgroundTo avoid possible failures and ineffective use of economic resources, necessary infrastructure must be provided before implementing new technologies...

Assessing hospital readiness for radio frequency identification device implementation in Iran: a conceptual model

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Oct 24, 2019

Page range: 245 - 254

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/abm-2019-0027

Keywords
health plan implementation, latent class analysis, radio frequency identification device, set (psychology)

© 2018 Malihe Sadeghi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Assessing hospital readiness for radio frequency identification device implementation in Iran: a conceptual model

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Oct 24, 2019

Page range: 245 - 254

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/abm-2019-0027

Keywordshealth plan implementation, latent class analysis, radio frequency identification device, set (psychology)

© 2018 Malihe Sadeghi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
health plan implementation, latent class analysis, radio frequency identification device, set (psychology)