Primary Care Physician's Attitude Towards the GERMAN e-Health Card Project¡ªDeterminants and Implications

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• 作者：Nicole Ernstmann ; Oliver Ommen ; Melanie Neumann ; Antje Hammer ; Raymond Voltz and Holger Pfaff
• 关键词：E ; health card ; Perceived usefulness ; Physician attitudes ; Technology ; acceptance model
• 刊名：Journal of Medical Systems
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：June, 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：33
• 期：3
• 页码：181-188
• 全文大小：203.2 KB

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In Germany e-health cards will be distributed nationwide to over 80 million patients. Given the impending mandatory introduction of the e-health technology, the objective of this study was to examine the determinants of primary care physicians' acceptance of the technological innovation. The study was conducted prior to the introduction of the e-health cards. A questionnaire survey was carried out addressing primary care physicians from different fields. The reduction of medication error rates and the improvement of communication between medical caregivers are central aspects of the perceived usefulness. Primary care physicians rate their involvement in the process of the development of the technology and their own IT expertise concerning the technological innovation as rather low. User involvement and IT expertise can explain 46 % of the variance of perceived usefulness of the e-health card. User involvement plays a crucial role in the adoption of the German e-health card. Primary care physician's perspective should be represented in the process of developing and designing the technology.