Factors influencing the adoption of cloud computing-based file storage by health care information technology professionals

The health care industry is a major focus of technical advances, but not just in the clinical realm, especially as health care providers are incentivized to move from paper-based health records to electronic medical records. Health care organizations often employ their own information technology staff and invest in data networks and computing infrastructure equipment to support patient care and business functions. The introduction of cloud computing is a potential opportunity to reduce IT costs and allow for an increased focus on patient-physician interaction. The following study examines the factors related to the adoption of cloud computing based file storage by health care information technology professionals. The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology model was used to investigate cloud computing based file storage acceptance. The model is comprised of six constructs and four moderators. The constructs were performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, behavioral intention, and use behavior. The moderators were gender, age, experience, and voluntariness of use. The model was analyzed by using data collected from an Internet-based survey. The results show that performance expectancy and effort expectancy have a significant and positive influence on behavioral intent and that facilitating conditions has a significant and positive influence on use behavior. The experience moderator had moderating effects on performance expectancy and social influence and the gender moderator had a moderating effect on facilitating conditions.