Acceptance Model for Biometric Based Health Informatics (BIOBHI)

Abstract

The Kenya Health Information System (HIS) strategic plan 2009-2014 demand the health professional implement the HIS. This was with little to regard to stimulating attributes. The need to unearth these stimulants to adoption was the motivators of this study. User adoption is essentials in order to realise the benefits of the health Informatics, however a number of implementation barriers have impeded their widespread use. The health worker personality traits are some of the stimulants that have been found to influence the adoption of Information Technologies. One of these technologies is the use of biometric based health informatics. The aim of this paper was to develop a model that may be used to evaluate the personality traits and there influence on acceptance of new technologies. In attempting to meet this objective, survey questionnaire was distributed to 200 health worker trainees of level 5 hospitals in Nyanza, Kenya. Of these 163 were returned and used for analysis and development of the model. This study developed the model BIOBHI using structured Equation Model and LisRel Software