Table 1.

Factors that influence the adoption of health information standards under the 4 dimensions.

Dimensions and factors		References
Technology
	Relative advantage	[22,24,26,28,30-41]
	Complexity	[12,13,22,24,26,28,31-34,36,38,41,42]
	Compatibility	[12,13,18,24-26,28,32-36,38,41,42]
	Observability	[24,26,41,42]
	Trialability	[24,26,34,36,41,43]
	Switching cost	[12,23,34,44,45]
	Standards uncertainty	[25]
	Shared business process attributes	[35]
Organization
	Organizational scale	[13,26,28,31,32,38,41]
	Organizational culture	[12,25,26,31,41,46]
	Staff resistance to change	[12]
	Staff training	[18,46]
	Top management support	[18,22,26,28,32,35,37,38,40,42,46]
	Organizational readiness	[26,28,30-32,34,35,38,40,41,43,44,47,48]
Environment
	External pressure	[18,22,23,27,30,37,43,48-50]
	External support	[13,18,23,24,26,27,32,34,38,40,43,46,49]
	Network externality	[12,24,28,34,44,45]
	Installed base	[24,31,33]
	Information communication	[24,50]
Interorganizational relationships
	Partner trust	[26-29,43]
	Partner dependence	[28,29]
	Relationship commitment	[26,28,29]
	Partner power	[26,27]