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This paper describes an empirical study aiming to assess nursing students' perceptions on Electronic Health Record (EHR) concepts and their potential future attitude towards use. Based on the theoretical ground of Rogers' Innovation Diffusion Theory and other research works, a formulated model was empirically validated among ninety nursing undergraduates. Data analysis was based on partial least squares path modeling. Results highlighted the very strong significant effect of relative advantage and observability as well as the significant effect of perceived ease of use to attitude towards using EHR systems. The study findings are discussed along with limitations and future work in the current field. © 2011 European Federation for Medical Informatics. All rights reserved.

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Cited by: 8; Conference name: 23rd International Conference of the European Federation for Medical Informatics, MIE 2011; Conference date: 28 August 2011 through 31 August 2011; Conference code: null

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