TY - JOUR
T1 - A telemedicine survey among Milan doctors
AU - Gaggioli, Andrea
AU - Carlo, Simona Di
AU - Mantovani, Fabrizia
AU - Castelnuovo, Gianluca
AU - Riva, Giuseppe
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - We surveyed physicians' attitudes to the use of telemedicine. A questionnaire was sent to 2987 Italian physicians and 361 responded (12%). The topics covered by the survey were: current telemedicine technology knowledge/ usage level; general attitude towards telemedicine applications; perceived efficacy of telemedicine in enhancing quality of care; and intention to use telemedicine. In all, 83% of respondents had heard about telemedicine. Some doctors considered telemedicine to be of limited interest and many physicians were not convinced that it could improve clinical practice. These beliefs were more common among doctors of higher seniority, probably because they are more reluctant to accept change. To reduce such negative evaluations, better dissemination of information about the state of the art of research and development in telemedicine is needed. A logistic regression model was used to determine which factors influenced the intention to use telemedicine. The final model predicted 80% of the responses correctly.
AB - We surveyed physicians' attitudes to the use of telemedicine. A questionnaire was sent to 2987 Italian physicians and 361 responded (12%). The topics covered by the survey were: current telemedicine technology knowledge/ usage level; general attitude towards telemedicine applications; perceived efficacy of telemedicine in enhancing quality of care; and intention to use telemedicine. In all, 83% of respondents had heard about telemedicine. Some doctors considered telemedicine to be of limited interest and many physicians were not convinced that it could improve clinical practice. These beliefs were more common among doctors of higher seniority, probably because they are more reluctant to accept change. To reduce such negative evaluations, better dissemination of information about the state of the art of research and development in telemedicine is needed. A logistic regression model was used to determine which factors influenced the intention to use telemedicine. The final model predicted 80% of the responses correctly.
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U2 - 10.1258/1357633053430476
DO - 10.1258/1357633053430476
M3 - Article
C2 - 15829041
AN - SCOPUS:14844339681
VL - 11
SP - 29
EP - 34
JO - Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
JF - Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
SN - 1357-633X
IS - 1
ER -