A Cross-sectional Study to Investigate Healthcare Professional Willingness to Adopt Point-of-Care Documentation System in Developing Countries

Point of care (POC) documentation system can be defined as capturing and storing medical information electronically. It refers to any records made at the point of care, whether it is at the bedside, in a clinic, or inside patient’s home. It improves efficiency since it allows collecting information while assessing the patient. additionally, it helps in determining an appropriate treatment plan for the patients. In this research, our focus is to analyze the benefits and challenges in the current point of care documentation system. A survey was designed based on Diffusion of Innovation theory then used to determine the main benefits and challenges of using the electronic point of care documentation system. A sample of physicians, nurses in Jordan was invited to complete an online survey about point of care documentation. The data on sociodemographic, knowledge of, and attitudes towards the electronic point of care documentation system were collected by the survey. IBM SPSS was used to do a descriptive analysis. The majority of the health care providers have a positive attitude toward using the POC documentation system, and most of them (59.77%) showed their willingness to use the new electronic PoC documentation system. In conclusion, healthcare providers in developing countries believe in the benefits of accurate, complete, and high-quality POC documentation, and they are looking to improve the current state of POC documentation.