Design simplicity influences patient portal use: the role of aesthetic evaluations for technology acceptance
| Autor: | Keri K. Stephens, Ivan Watkins, Allison J. Lazard, Bo Xie, Heidi Shalev, Michael Mackert |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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020205 medical informatics
Esthetics media_common.quotation_subject Applied psychology Health Informatics 02 engineering and technology computer.software_genre Brief Communication 03 medical and health sciences User-Computer Interface 0302 clinical medicine 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering eHealth Electronic Health Records Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Simplicity media_common Internet Multimedia business.industry Antecedent variable Patient portal Usability Variance (accounting) Antecedent (grammar) Cross-Sectional Studies Health Records Personal Technology acceptance model Psychology business computer |
| Popis: | Objective This study focused on patient portal use and investigated whether aesthetic evaluations of patient portals function are antecedent variables to variables in the Technology Acceptance Model. Methods A cross-sectional survey of current patient portals users ( N = 333) was conducted online. Participants completed the Visual Aesthetics of Website Inventory, along with items measuring perceived ease of use (PEU), perceived usefulness (PU), and behavioral intentions (BIs) to use the patient portal. Results The hypothesized model accounted for 29% of the variance in BIs to use the portal, 46% of the variance in the PU of the portal, and 29% of the variance in the portal’s PEU. Additionally, one dimension of the aesthetic evaluations functions as a predictor in the model – simplicity evaluations had a significant positive effect on PEU. Conclusion This study provides evidence that aesthetic evaluations – specifically regarding simplicity – function as a significant antecedent variable to patients’ use of patient portals and should influence patient portal design strategies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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