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Health Knowledge Workers: Strategies for Literacy Development

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  • Sajjad ur Rehman

    (Department of Library and Information Science, College of Social Sciences, Kuwait University, P. O. Box 68168, Kaifan 71962, Kuwait)

  • Abdus Sattar Chaudhry

    (Department of Library and Information Science, College of Social Sciences, Kuwait University, P. O. Box 68168, Kaifan 71962, Kuwait)

Abstract

Health information systems (HISs) provide automated solutions for the clinical, informational, and managerial life of a hospital. These systems are optimally used when the knowledge workers are adequately equipped with the needed competencies. Three Kuwaiti hospitals have been engaged in adopting and using the same HIS. Jahra Public Hospital, one of the three, has been making progress in the use of HIS. It was hypothesised that capabilities and preparedness of knowledge workers are correlated with their extent of use of the HIS. Data were gathered from 124 healthcare knowledge workers using stratified random sampling. It was found that skills and abilities of these knowledge professionals are strongly correlated with their use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and HIS. Almost all the professionals used HIS, yet there was a wide variation in the use of HIS modules and applications. We also examined whether personal attributes of knowledge workers made any difference in their ICT and HIS skills and use. Results however revealed no such association. These professionals attached a great deal of importance with formal training, but urged that these knowledge workers had enhanced and involved role.

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  • Sajjad ur Rehman & Abdus Sattar Chaudhry, 2016. "Health Knowledge Workers: Strategies for Literacy Development," Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 15(02), pages 1-13, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jikmxx:v:15:y:2016:i:02:n:s0219649216500210
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219649216500210
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