THE EFFECT OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY LITERACY AND KNOWLEDGE ON THE READINESS OF HEALTH WORKERS TO ADOPT THE ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM AT SAYANG RAKYAT HOSPITAL

Abstract Background, The implementation of electronic medical records is used as a strategy to improve the quality of current health services. Based on several studies, RME knowledge and ICT literacy are factors that affect the readiness of RME adoption. The readiness of health service providers is a determining factor in the success of Electronic Medical Records (RME). Objective, This study aims to assess ICT literacy, knowledge, and readiness for RME adoption. Methods, This study is a quantitative study using a cross sectional study conducted on 164 health workers working at Sayang Rakyat Hospital, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia using Stratified Random Sampling.Data was collected using a questionnaire, analyzed using SPSS version 22 and a chi-square test and logistic regression analysis were carried out to assess the influence of ICT literacy and knowledge on the readiness of health workers to adopt RME. The results showed that the level of readiness in this study was 59.8%, the ICT literacy level was 50.6%, and the RME knowledge level was 50.6%. Based on the results of the analysis of the influence of ICT literacy and RME knowledge with the readiness to adopt RME, the results of knowledge about RME (P=0.000), ICT literacy (P=0.000) were obtained. The results of the multivariate analysis showed that knowledge significantly affected readiness. An OR value of 9,415 with a 95%CI of 14,539 to 19,533 was obtained, indicating that individuals with low knowledge were 9 times more likely to be unprepared than individuals with high knowledge. In conclusion, high ICT knowledge and literacy have a positive effect on the readiness of health workers in the adoption of RME. The most dominant factor affecting readiness is RME knowledge. More than half of healthcare workers have a good level of readiness to implement RME.