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Factors influencing the adoption of the BYOD policy in teaching hospitals: A cross-sectional study from Southeastern Iran

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  • Jahanpour Alipour
  • Abolfazl Payandeh
  • Afsaneh Karimi

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Introduction: Clinicians are increasingly using their devices for work at hospitals, a practice known as Bring-your-own-device (BYOD), to enhance productivity and mobility. This study aimed to determine the affecting factors of intention to adoption of BYOD policy in public hospitals from the healthcare staff’s perspective. Methods: A cross-sectional analytical study was done in 2024. The study population comprised 1130 healthcare workers from five teaching hospitals. A researcher-made and validated questionnaire was distributed among 620 samples. Data were analyzed by SPSS software using descriptive (mean and standard deviation) and analytical (Pearson and Spearman correlation test) statistics. Results: The mean score of facilitating conditions, perceived cost-effectiveness, perceived trust, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and intention to adoption BYOD was 3.90 ± 0.87, 3.87 ± 0.97, 3.83 ± 0.93, 3.76 ± 1.01, 3.07 ± 0.48 and 3.62 ± 1.16, respectively. There was a positive significant correlation between factors of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, perceived cost effectiveness, perceived trust, and facilitating conditions with an intention to adoption the BYOD policy (P

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  • Jahanpour Alipour & Abolfazl Payandeh & Afsaneh Karimi, 2025. "Factors influencing the adoption of the BYOD policy in teaching hospitals: A cross-sectional study from Southeastern Iran," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 20(7), pages 1-11, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0326126
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0326126
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