In Iraq, government reports stated that the adoption of Healthcare Information Systems (HIS) is still low and below the aspirations of the government despite the investments in the system development. For this reason, there was a need to explore and investigate the actual issues that influence the adoption of HIS, and to examine the effect of different dimensions (i.e. the individual, technological, organizational and environmental) on the adoption of HIS in Iraq. The main objective of the study is to explore the factors that affect the adoption of HIS among healthcare practitioners within Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) public hospitals. Furthermore, another goal was to examine the influence of different dimensions on the healthcare practitioners’ adoption behavior in order to produce the essential knowledge regarding HIS adoption. The study used a mixed method approach. The data collection started with a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with eight healthcare professionals and then followed by a quantitative study that was conducted among 551 respondents using self-administered questionnaires. The qualitative study resulted in 26 themes that were elicited from the interviews. Moreover, the findings of the quantitative study indicated that the adoption of HIS was significantly influenced by different individual, technological, organizational and the environmental dimensions collectively. The study revealed the actual issues (i.e. the individual, technological, organizational and environmental) facing the adoption of HIS within the study’s new context through the qualitative investigation. Moreover, a comprehensive and holistic model based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) was presented. The study presented the essential knowledge and information to the literature, healthcare practitioners and researchers in Iraq regarding the issue of HIS adoptio
