Short-term adoption rates for a web-based portal within the intranet of a hospital information system

Abstract

ObjectiveAn intranet portal that combines cost-free, open-source software technology with easy set-up features can be beneficial for daily hospital processes. We describe the short-term adoption rates of a costless content management system (CMS) in the intranet of a tertiary Greek hospital.DesignDashboard statistics of our CMS platform were the implementation assessment of our system.ResultsIn a period of 10 months of running the software, the results indicate the employees overcame ‘Resistance to Change’ status. The average growth rate of end users who exploit the portal services is calculated as 2.73 every 3.3 months.ConclusionWe found our intranet web-based portal to be acceptable and helpful so far. Exploitation of an open-source CMS within the hospital intranet can influence healthcare management and the employees’ way of working as well.

Implementation and Evaluation of a Web-Based Distribution System For Anesthesia Department Guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures: Qualitative Study and Content Analysis

“…WordPress has already been used as an electronic portfolio system [19], as a platform for the dissemination of evidence-based medicine [20], and as a centralized in-hospital database to share and distribute information, with low costs [21]. However, it has never been applied as a distribution system for guidelines and SOPs in anesthesia or emergency care.…”