The diffusion of a medical innovation: Where teleradiology is and where it is going
| Autor: | Kunka D Ignatova, Susan L Dimmick |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
Diffusion (acoustics)
Telemedicine Bibliometric analysis Teleradiology 020205 medical informatics Multimedia business.industry Information technology Health Informatics Cloud computing 02 engineering and technology computer.software_genre United States Outsourcing 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Diffusion of Innovation Telecommunications business computer Forecasting |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. 12:51-58 |
| ISSN: | 1758-1109 1357-633X |
| DOI: | 10.1258/135763306778393090 |
| Popis: | Teleradiology is one of the more successful applications of telemedicine as measured by a bibliometric analysis of teleradiology research publications. The organizational diffusion of innovation framework is helpful in understanding the diffusion of teleradiology. Teleradiology had become part of the practices of two-thirds of radiologists who responded to the American College of Radiology survey in 1999. It is clear that teleradiology has become routinized even though quantitative data are hard to find. Telecardiology may be the next successfully diffused form of telemedicine. The potential cloud on the horizon for telediagnostics is political pressure to avoid outsourcing to foreign countries, particularly those to which US information technology jobs have already been transferred. How the outsourcing issue is resolved will have a significant effect on teleradiology specifically, and, perhaps, telemedicine generally. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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