Development and Validation of SafeHIT: An Instrument to Assess the Self-Reported Safe Use of Health Information Technology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Implementing health information technology (HIT) may cause unintended consequences and safety risks when incorrectly designed and used. Yet, the tools to assess self-reported safe use of HIT are not well established.

Objective

This study aims to develop and validate SafeHIT, an instrument to assess self-reported safe use of HIT among health care practitioners.

Methods

Systematic literature review and a semistructured interview with 31 experts were adopted to generate SafeHIT instrument items. In total, 450 physicians from various departments at three Malaysian public hospitals participated in the questionnaire survey to validate SafeHIT. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were undertaken to explore the items that best represe

SUBMITTER: Salahuddin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10468731 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature