The acceptance of a computerised decision-support system in primary care

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  2. Dr Darren Flynn
  3. Dr Andrew Douglass
Author(s)van Schaik P, Flynn D, van Wersch A, Douglass A, Cann P
Publication type Article
JournalBehaviour and Information Technology
Year2004
Volume23
Issue5
Pages321-326
ISSN (print)0144-929X
ISSN (electronic)1362-3001
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Within the framework of technology acceptance modelling (Davis 1993), this study investigated the acceptance of a computerised decision-support system in primary care. Thirty general practitioners (GP) completed a questionnaire that detailed potential advantages of the system. A majority (70%) of GPs intended to use the system with a 2-min increase in consultation times (for proportion of GPs intending to use, CI0.95 = [0.54; 0.85]) and eight advantages of the system were predictors of intention to use (RL2 = 0.51, p < 0.05). However, a majority (77%) did not intend to use the system with a 5-min increase in consultation time (CI0.95 = [0.12; 0.42]). Furthermore, a majority of 90% preferred the system to be used by non-physicians (CI0.95 = [0.78; 0.98]). These results confirm relationships between acceptance factors in a new domain, but most importantly they indicate the need to consider the balance of perceived advantages, or benefits, and disadvantages, or costs, of a new system in technology acceptance modelling. Implications for the design of a prototype system and further research are discussed.
PublisherTaylor & Francis Ltd.
URLhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0144929041000669941
DOI10.1080/0144929041000669941
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