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Assessing hospital readiness for radio frequency identification device implementation in Iran: a conceptual model Cover

Assessing hospital readiness for radio frequency identification device implementation in Iran: a conceptual model

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|Oct 2019

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Figure 1

Conceptual model of research variables. OR: organizational readiness. CR: cultural readiness. HR: human readiness
Conceptual model of research variables. OR: organizational readiness. CR: cultural readiness. HR: human readiness

Descriptive statistics for the 3 research variables

VariableMeanVarianceStd. DeviationSkewnessKurtosis
Human readiness25.1012.933.59–0.0900.863
Cultural readiness27.9519.494.41–0.4470.574
Organizational readiness36.8450.737.12–0.5151.05

Kolmogorov–Smirnov test to assess the normality of distribution

VariableMeanKolmogorov–Smirnov ZAsymptotic significance (2-tailed)
Human readiness25.101.370.046
Cultural readiness27.951.150.141
Organizational readiness36.841.210.107

Direct, indirect, and total estimates of research variables

PathsNonstandard effectStandard effectTotal and nonstandard effectTotal standard effect
Effect sizetEffect sizeEffect sizetEffect size
Organizational readiness to cultural readiness (g)0.57611.180576
Organizational readiness to human resource readiness (g)–0.011–0.220–0.0130.3468.060.374
Cultural readiness to human resource readiness (b)0.60111.650.671

Demographics characteristics in hospitals affiliated to Semnan University of Medical Sciences

Characteristicn (%)
SexMale43 (17.6)
Female202 (82.4)
Age (years)<2534 (13.9)
25–35119 (48.6)
36–4562 (25.3)
>4530 (12.2)
Experience (years)<575 (30.7)
5–1076 (31.0)
11–1539 (16.0)
16–2023 (9.4)
21–2520 (48.2)
26–3012 (4.9)
PositionManager2 (0.8)
Specialist physician12 (4.9)
General physician6 (2.4)
Resident10 (4.1)
Supervisor8 (3.3)
Nurse190 (77.6)
Information technology4 (1.6)
Medical records13 (5.3)
EducationDiploma6 (2.5)
Associate4 (1.6)
Bachelor4 (1.6)
Masters191 (77.9)
MD8 (3.3)
Specialist18 (7.4)

Pearson correlation between research variables

VariableHuman readinessCultural readinessOrganizational readiness
Human readiness1
Cultural readiness0.664**1
Organizational readiness0.374**0.576**1

Alpha parameters and the predictive coefficient of human resource readiness based on cultural and organizational readiness and the predictive coefficient of cultural readiness based on organizational readiness

VariableConstantTR2 for structural equationsR2 for reduced form
Cultural readiness6.733.520.332
Human readiness8.715.430.4410.140
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/abm-2019-0027 | Journal eISSN: 1875-855X | Journal ISSN: 1905-7415
Language: English
Page range: 245 - 254
Published on: Oct 24, 2019
Published by: Chulalongkorn University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 6 issues per year

© 2019 Malihe Sadeghi, Pakzad Rahmati, Zahra Ramezani Pour, Elham Goharinejad, Mehdi Kahouei, published by Chulalongkorn University
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