The influence of conformity on the using of electronic medical records

Abstract

Enhancing the usage of electronic medical records requires everlasting efforts. Moreover, prior studies ignored the influence of social interaction on behaviors because they contended that individual actions are isolated from one another. In fact, however, social influence plays an important role in determining users' intention to use electronic medical records. This study is therefore based on the conformity of behavior perspective and explores factors that influence the intention to use the electronic medical record system. This study extends the contagion model. Results showed that social influence affect behavioral intention to use the electronic medical record system. Overall, this model provides acceptable explanation on the use of the electronic medical record system.