The Relation between Factors of Information System Management and Use of Administrator’s Information Systems among Community Hospitals in Public Health Inspection Region 9

Abstract

The objectives of this survey research were to study : 1) factors relating to the use of information system for hospital management; 2) level of the use information system for hospital management; and 3) problem of the information system management of the administrators among community hospitals in Public Health Inspection Region 9. The studied population was the administrative committees in Public Health Inspection Region 9. A total of 263 samples were studied by disproportional stratified random sampling. The tool used was a questionnaire with reliability value of 0.79. Data were statistically analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Chisquare test.

The findings of this research were that: 1) all aspects of factors on information system management related the use of information system for hospital management with statistical significance at 0.05; 2) the use of information system were at moderate level; and 3) the most common problems confronted on information system management was personnel with inadequate of skills, knowledge, expertise in data recording and means of information utilization. The studied suggestion was that the administrators should support knowledge management by providing training for the relevant personnel in information and technology as well as emphasize on the importance of human resource management on information and technology and budget allocation for development of information and technology.