Neşet Hikmet

University of South Carolina | USC · Department of Integrated Information Technology

The purpose of this study is to explain restaurant patrons’ behavioral intentions toward QR code menu utilization in restaurant servicescapes (restaurant-scapes) under pandemic constraints. The study consists of 844 participants from the U.S.and employs multivariate analyses. With only five direct determinants without interaction terms, our propose...

To date, most HIE studies have investigated user perceptions of value prior to use. Few studies have assessed factors associated with the value of HIE through its actual use. This study investigates provider perceptions on HIE comparing those who had prior experience vs those who had no experience with it. In so doing, we identify six constructs: p...

Children in foster care face disproportionate rates of biopsychosocial challenges but social and extracurricular activities (SEAs) may support their healthy development. The Reasonable and Prudent Parenting Standard (RPPS), a 2014 federal policy, aims to increase access to these opportunities for children in foster care. Analyses of statutes from 5...

BACKGROUND Patient education delivered by a healthcare provider to a patient increases patient understanding and adherence to medical instructions, which helps to improve patient health. Multiple challenges exist to delivering effective patient education to complex patients with multiple chronic conditions, including giving the necessary time, rang...

Background Patient education delivered by a health care provider increases patients’ understanding and adherence to medical instructions, which helps to improve patient health. Multiple challenges exist to delivering effective patient education to patients with multiple chronic conditions, including giving the necessary time, range, and types of le...

This study aimed to examine the determinants of life satisfaction of older adults in Turkey. The sample consisted of 2,959 older adults over 65 years. The effects of psychological, daily life and instrumental activity, physical health and health status, and other important variables on life satisfaction were analyzed. The variables lessening life s...

Purpose: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved epoetin and darbepoetin for chemotherapy-induced anemia (CIA). Approved epoetin and darbepoetin dosing schedules were three times per week and weekly, respectively, although off-label, less frequent scheduling was common. In 2004, 2007, and 2008, a US Food and Drug Administration Advi...

The introduction of a new information technology (IT) into a workplace often engenders a wide range of responses among users. These responses encompass a variety of emotions, such as excitement, indifference, skepticism, and fear, and behaviors, such as user engagement, avoidance, and workarounds, that are often manifested concurrently in the same...

Introduction: Burnout among emergency medical practitioners and personnel negatively affects career satisfaction and job performance and can lead to mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, and suicide. Purpose: This study investigated the relationship between the perceptions of burnout and job satisfaction of those working in two di...

The purpose of this study was to determine the roles, expectations and problems of patient companions and to develop solutions to the difficulties encountered by the nurses, patients and their companions. A qualitative approach with semi-structured face-to-face interviews was used during May and June 2014 to collect data. A convenience sample of pa...

This study analyzed the effect of PACS technology automation and integration maturity on hospital quality scores in U.S. hospitals (n = 2,256). We found cardiology PACS level of integration (CPLI) had a significant effect on hospital efficiency (p=0.000); while level of radiology PACS integration (RPLI) had a significant effect on patient experienc...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the utilisation of patient wristbands (PWs) and patient identification (PI) process in a training hospital in Ankara, Turkey. Design/methodology/approach This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted in a training hospital with 640 beds, accreditied by Joint Commission International. Th...

Objective: To measure efficiency gains in health sector over the years 1995 to 2013 in OECD, EU, non-member European countries. Methods: An output-oriented DEA model with variable return to scale, and residuals estimated by regression equations were used to estimate efficiencies of health systems. Slacks for health care outputs and inputs were c...

Studies on the topic of burnout measure the effects of emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP) (negative or cynical attitudes toward work), and reduced sense of personal accomplishment (PA). While the prevalence of burnout in practicing emergency medicine (EM) professionals has been studied, little is known of the prevalence and factors a...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among employee organizational commitment, organizational trust, job satisfaction and employees' perceptions of their immediate supervisors' transformational leadership behaviors in Turkey. First, this study examined the relationships among organizational commitment, organizational trust...

This paper examines the diverse nature of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral reactions elicited among physicians in response to the introduction of a computerized physician order entry system in a hospital setting. These diverse reactions, which translate into different forms of acceptance and resistance behaviors are studied within the social-hi...

Over the past 30 years, researchers have demonstrated that health care information technology (HIT) can improve pa-tient safety and quality of care. More recently, attention has turned increasingly to the role of information and commu-nication technology as a means to improve clinical decision-making as well as organizational efficiency and effecti...

In light of new federal policies allowing hospitals to subsidize the cost of information systems for physicians, we examine the relationship between local hospital investments in information technology (IT) and physician EMR adoption. Data from two Florida surveys were combined with secondary data from the State of Florida and the Area Resource Fil...

This study examines the effects of professional certifications such as JCAHO on healthcare information technology (HIT) usage in healthcare organizations and user satisfaction with such usage. Using survey data collected from healthcare administrators in a nation-wide sample of 347 hospitals and long-term care facilities, we provide evidence that p...

We used the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to explore middle school students' acceptance and perceptions of the PDA's utility. TAM provides robust measurement of ICT outcomes and enabled us to assess students' perceptions of the PDA as a medium for learning. This gave us insight into the relationships between the PDA technology, the school conte...

The view of the organization as a system that ‘processes’ information or ‘solves’ problems is at odds with the dynamics of change associated with the development and use of IS in an organization. A significant consequence of this mismatch is in training that does not meet the needs of either the user or management communities, giving rise to sub op...

This study examines the role of organizational support in motivating organizational members' usage of information technology (IT). We postulate two organizational support factors, namely infrastructure support and technical support, theoretically link them to IT usage perceptions using the technology acceptance model (TAM), and empirically test the...

This study examines whether specific organizational characteristics, such as hospital size, geographic location (urban versus rural), system membership (stand-alone versus system-affiliated), and tax status (for-profit versus non-profit), influence adoption of healthcare information technologies (HIT) in hospitals. We hypothesize the above organiza...

This paper formulates, operationalizes, and empirically validates a dual-factor model of healthcare information technology (HIT) adoption, by taking into account both the enabling factors driving HIT adoption and the inhibiting factors constraining such adoption. Perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use were examined as enablers and perceived...

This paper examines the diverse nature of user reactions to information technology (IT) within the social-historical context of its organizational use. Employing activity theory as a conceptual framework, we conduct an interpretive analysis of physicians work, perceptions, and IT usage experience at a large community hospital to understand why some...

This study examines the effects of certifications such as JCAHO on healthcare information technology (HIT) usage in healthcare organizations and user satisfaction with such usage. Using survey data collected from healthcare administrators in a nation-wide sample of 347 hospitals and long-term care facilities, we provide evidence that certifications...

This study examines the effects of professional certifications such as JCAHO on healthcare information technology (HIT) usage in healthcare organizations and user satisfaction with such usage. Using survey data collected from healthcare administrators in a nation-wide sample of 347 hospitals and long-term care facilities, we provide evidence that p...

The article presents a theoretical model of physician resistance of healthcare information technology (HIT) usage by integrating the technology acceptance and resistance to change literatures with the use of a dual-factor model of technology usage. The author mentions that the theoretical model presented in the study elaborates the interdependent a...

Numerous studies have examined the relationship between organization characteristics and hospital adoption of information technology (IT). However, no known study has examined whether patient characteristics of those treated at a given hospital influences the decision to adopt IT. The present study combines primary and secondary data to examine the...

This article examines the relationship between the adoption of healthcare information technology (HIT) and a hospital's operational performance. Combining primary survey data from Florida hospitals and secondary data from two government agencies responsible for hospital certification and licensing, the authors find differential performance effects...

Healthcare information technologies (HIT) such as computerized physician order entry ( ) systems, electronic medical records (EMR), and electronic

Monitoring the diffusion of electronic health records (EHR) into ambulatory clinical practice has important policy implications. However, estimates of EHR use are typically derived from survey data and may be subject to significant response bias. The current study is a retrospective analysis testing for response bias in a large information technolo...

This study examines the effects of professional certifications such as JCAHO on healthcare information technology (HIT) usage in healthcare organizations and user satisfaction with such usage. Using survey data collected from healthcare administrators in a nation-wide sample of 347 hospitals and long-term care facilities, we provide evidence that p...

This project intends to identify and develop context-specific measurements that would capture nursing's contribution to the quality of care provided to the patient during their visit to the hospital. In this time period nurses play a critical role in many facets of establishing of care quality. There are significant numbers of outcome measures capt...

Surveys conducted by mail can result in a very low response rate raising the possibility of non-response bias that would question the validity of the findings. In this study, we compare the demographic profiles between the respondents and non-respondents, and conduct wave analysis as an alternative way to estimate the non-response bias among the in...

The process of adoption and implementation of information technology in organizations has always been a tiring experience, prompting much research to identify the factors related to the adoption process. Many researchers have concurred on the usefulness of the behavioral intent models in investigating the user's attitude and use intentions. However...

This paper addresses the implications of JIT and TQM implementation on the ISO 9000 registration process. Responses from over 500 ISO 9000 registered firms in the US were analyzed to determine whether differences in ISO 9000 registration experiences exist for firms with JIT, TQM, both JIT and TQM, or neither system. Survey results revealed that TQM...

Responses from over 500 companies relating to their experiences with ISO 9000 implementation are presented. Companies were categorized according to ownership: US-owned (Type U) and foreign-owned (Type F) manufacturing firms. The results reveal the importance and the dual role of documentation as a critical factor necessary to obtain ISO 9000 regist...

Social and demographic changes are putting pressures on traditional gender roles in the house-hold. Reports on the role of married males based on a large-scale survey of upscale households. The data suggest that males in married households are responsible for shopping activities in varying degrees. The level of shopping responsibility is a function...