Examining supporting and constraining factors of physicians’ acceptance of telemedical online consultations: a survey study

Autor: Sören Diel, Eileen Doctor, Riccardo Reith, Christoph Buck, Torsten Eymann
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: BMC Health Services Research, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-10032-6
Popis: Abstract As healthcare demands exceed outpatient physicians’ capacities, telemedicine holds far-reaching potential for both physicians and patients. It is crucial to holistically analyze physicians’ acceptance of telemedical applications, such as online consultations. This study seeks to identify supporting and constraining factors that influence outpatient physicians’ acceptance of telemedicine. We develop a model based on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT). To empirically examine our research model, we conducted a survey among German physicians (n = 127) in 2018–2019. We used the partial least squares (PLS) modeling approach to test our model, including a mediation analysis. The results indicate that performance expectancy (β = .397, P
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