Barriers to physicians' adoption of healthcare information technology: An empirical study on multiple hospitals

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1965-1977

  Lin, Chihung ^a   Lin, I Chun ^b   Roan, Jinsheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Barriers to technology acceptance; Inhibitors; Perceived inequity; Perceived threat; Technology rejection

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT VARIABLE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTROSPECTION; MANAGER; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84864039324     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-011-9656-7     Document Type: Article

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