Bahae Samhan’s Three Minute Thesis
Why Do People Resist Healthcare IT? Literature Analysis, Model Testing and Refinement
My dissertation will examine the phenomenon of technology resistance in the healthcare settings. The dissertation will be structured in an essay format. Essay one will review the literature to highlight the current status of research in this area. This essay will reveal the main research gaps in the literature. Essay two will empirically compare theories of technology resistance to understand resistance of Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems. Essay three will refine qualitatively the essay 2’s findings. The dissertation will provide several outcomes including an extensive review of the literature in this critical area, explanation and theoretical understanding of how healthcare information technology (HIT) resistance is being conceptualized, an empirical assessment through model comparison, and qualitative findings confirming the conceptualization of the HIT resistance construct.
About Bahae
Bahae Samhan is a PhD 4th year student in the MISE department. He has a computer science background and has taught IT, IS and CS courses for more than 8 years. He recently accepted an assistance professor position at Illinois State University, starting August 2016.