Health Information Technology Literature Review

4. Literature review

Kalpa (2012) noted in his research that information technology (IT) is all about the use of technology to process information however health information technology is about portraying the comprehensive management of health information through computerized systems and bring security exchange between customers, providers, government and quality entities and insurers. Gokhe, Gaikwad, Mudholkar & Pol (2016) stated in their studies that health information technology was seen as the most promising to improve largely the efficiency, quality and safety of the health delivery system. it improve health care quality or effectiveness, decrease paperwork and unproductive or idle work time, extend real-time communications of health

Perception of the capability of various technologies to improve aspects of current practice.

(Source: Perceptions and attitudes of Canadian dentists toward digital and electronic technologies. Image by Flores-Mir et al.)

Flores-Mir et al. (2006) based their study on four major points which are:

- Capability of technology

In Fig. 4.1. authors concluded in the participants perception of the capability of various technologies to improve aspects of current practice that over 60 percent of participants have indicated that computer technology had the capability of increasing patient satisfaction, decreasing office expenses, increasing practice efficiency, increasing practice production, improving record quality and improving diagnosis and treatment planning, whereby 60 percent and less but not less than 40 percent admitted that computer technology had the capability of improving doctor to doctor communication, reducing radiation exposure, reducing record storage requirements, improving doctor to patient communication and increasing number of case starts and less than 40 percent admitted that computer technology had the capability of decreasing appointment times and increasing access to shared patient

The first domain consisted of eleven constructs (Increase patient satisfaction with dental appliances(IPSDA), Decrease technical expense to the patient(DTEP), Increase practice efficiency(IPE), Increase practice production(IPP), Improve record quality(IRQ), Improve case diagnosis and treatment planning(ICDTP), Improve doctor-patient communication(IDPC), Reduce record storage equipment(RRSE), Improve dentist to dental technician/ technologist communication(IDDT/TC), Increase access to shared patient information(IASPI) and Decrease operational time(DOT)), the second five constructs (Digital photography(DP), Digital radiography(DO), Electronic virtual models(EVM), Electronic referral forms(ERF) and Paperless forms(PF)) and the third had five constructs (Cost of equipment(CE), Lack of comfort with technology(LCT), Need for technical training(NTT), Lack of face to face interaction(LFFI) and Security and privacy issues(SPI)) also which made a total of twenty-one constructs in the whole questionnaire. Using the Likert scale of 1 to 5 ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree. The main objective of these questions was to measure each concept around the use of computer and internet for each students in