Characteristics of users of medical innovations

Author

Moore, Mary

Author_Institution

Arkansas Univ., AR, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Some innovations are adopted quickly and are widely used; others never seem to find widespread acceptance. Among the many factors related to the diffusion of innovations are sociodemographic, psychological and communications variables. This examination of three groups of physicians who adopted innovations and changed some aspect of their medical practice identifies the common characteristics of younger age (or younger professional age), board certification or specialization, increased information-seeking behavior and increased contact with opinion leaders

Keywords

biomedical engineering; human factors; psychology; social aspects of automation; technology transfer; age; board certification; communications variables; information-seeking behavior; innovation diffusion; medical innovation users; medical practice; opinion leaders; physicians; psychological variables; sociodemographic variables; specialization; technology acceptance; user characteristics; Back; Certification; Cities and towns; Continuing education; Costs; Hospitals; Humans; Psychology; Technological innovation; Telemedicine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, 1999. ITIS-ITAB '99. 1999 IEEE EMBS International Conference on

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5647-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITAB.1999.842304

Filename

842304