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Table 3 Critical adoption factors for adopting clinical information systems in the reviewed studies

From: A knowledge-based taxonomy of critical factors for adopting electronic health record systems by physicians: a systematic literature review

Critical factor

Number of studies by study type

 

Descriptive

Cross-sectional

Analytical

Experimental

Quasi-experimental

User attitude towards information systems

24 [5, 15, 22, 24–42, 66, 67]

13 [43–50, 68–70, 87, 89]

7 [51–57]

2 [58, 59]

8 [4, 11, 60–65]

Workflow impact

8 [15, 24, 26–30, 67]

10 [3, 43–45, 47, 48, 68, 69, 73, 74]

8 [7, 51–56, 75]

 

3 [4, 60, 61]

Interoperability

11 [5, 6, 8, 22, 24, 27, 30, 33, 77, 78, 88]

2 [79, 89]

  

2 [4, 61]

Technical support

8 [5, 15, 24–26, 31, 32, 66]

3 [45, 74, 86]

2 [7, 76]

 

1 [62]

Communication among users

4 [24–26, 66]

3 [45, 46, 87]

5 [2, 7, 51, 52, 75]

  

Expert support

7 [5, 15, 24, 25, 28, 31, 66]

1 [45]

2 [7, 76]

 

1 [4]