Hu P J, Chau P Y
Department of Information Systems and Decision Sciences, College of Business Administration, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA.
Top Health Inf Manage. 1999 May;19(4):20-35.
Fast-growing interest in telemedicine and increased investment in its enabling technology have made physician technology acceptance a growing concern for development and management of telemedicine. At the dawn of large-scale technology implementation by health care organizations around the globe, it is essential to understand physicians' attitudes toward use of telemedicine technology and their intention to use the technology. In this study, we used Theory of Planned Behavior to investigate technology acceptance among physicians who practiced in public tertiary hospitals in Hong Kong. Our data supported the investigated theory and the results suggest that attitude and perceived behavioral control are crucial to physician technology acceptance. Overall, physicians showed positive attitudes toward use of telemedicine technology and exhibited moderate intention to use the technology, primarily for clinical purposes. Implications for development and management of telemedicine also are discussed.
对远程医疗的快速增长的兴趣以及对其使能技术的投资增加，使得医生对技术的接受程度成为远程医疗发展和管理中日益受到关注的问题。在全球医疗保健组织大规模实施技术的初期，了解医生对使用远程医疗技术的态度及其使用该技术的意图至关重要。在本研究中，我们运用计划行为理论来调查在香港公立三级医院执业的医生对技术的接受情况。我们的数据支持了所研究的理论，结果表明态度和感知行为控制对医生接受技术至关重要。总体而言，医生对使用远程医疗技术表现出积极态度，并表现出适度的使用该技术的意图，主要用于临床目的。还讨论了对远程医疗发展和管理的启示。
