Is the adoption of electronic health record system 'contagious'?

摘要

The adoption of Electronic Health Record (EHR) system is complicated. Based on extensive literature review and drawing upon two theories-social contagion theory and task technology fit theory-I argue that the adoption of EHR system is contagious among health care providers; however, the contagion effect depends on the fit between the characteristics of EHR system and the characteristics of health care providers. The statistical analysis on the responses from practitioners in various health care providers supports my argument.