Determinants of physicians' technology acceptance for e-health in ambulatory care

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 746-760

  Dünnebeil, Sebastian ^a   Sunyaev, Ali ^b   Blohm, Ivo ^a   Leimeister, Jan Marco ^c   Krcmar, Helmut ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Determinants; E Health; Germany; IT utilization; Process orientation; Standardization; TAM; Technology acceptance; Telematics; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; DETERMINANTS; EHEALTH; GERMANY; IT UTILIZATIONS; PROCESS ORIENTATION; TAM; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE; TELEMATICS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECURITY OF DATA; STANDARDIZATION; TELEMEDICINE; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

HEALTH;

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SECURITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TELEMEDICINE;

AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84867139757     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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