Investigating Factors Influencing Medical Practitioners' Resistance to and Adoption of Internet Hospitals in China: Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The swift shift toward internet hospitals has relied on the willingness of medical practitioners to embrace new systems and workflows. Low engagement or acceptance by medical practitioners leads to difficulties in patient access. However, few investigations have focused on barriers and facilitators of adoption of internet hospitals from the perspective of medical practitioners.

Objective

This study aims to identify both enabling and inhibiting predictors associated with resistance and behavioral intentions of medical practitioners to use internet hospitals by combining the conservation of resources theory with the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology and technostress framework.

Methods

A mixed methods research design was conducted to qualitati

SUBMITTER: Deng W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10425818 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature