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Factors Determining the Use of Personal Digital Assistants Among Physicians

Vogel, Eric W., Gracely, Edward J., Kwon, Young, Maulitz, Russell C.·2009·Telemedicine and e-Health
DOI 10.1089/tmj.2008.0112
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The objective of this study was to examine the factors that might influence the use of personal digital assistant devices (PDAs) by physicians for assistance in the delivery of their routine patient care. An Internet-based single-institution survey was done of internal medicine resident physicians. None of the baseline demographic characteristics measured were associated with whether PDAs were being used or not by resident physicians in patient care. Resident physicians who used their PDAs for medical purposes perceived more benefits associated with the use of PDAs, and fewer barriers, than did those who did not own a PDA, or owned one but did not use it for medical purposes. Among regular users of PDAs for medical purposes, greater frequency of use in patient care was associated with more positive perceptions of the devices. Some associations were also found between residents' self-reported standardized test scores and the type of information resources being used on their device. Similar to previous studies, the majority of those in this cohort owned PDAs, and most of those who owned one used it for assistance in delivery of their patient care. It is concluded that users of PDAs for medical purposes differ from nonusers in certain attitudes and opinions, and standardized test scores may correlate with different patterns of use. These results may be useful in helping medical leaders overcome barriers to more full adoption of PDAs as a tool for effective patient care.

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  • Perceived usefulness was influenced by perceived ease of use, eHealth and business process alignment, end user involvement, management commitment and support to change, health care provider-patient relationship, and IT experience and knowledge.

    “whereas their perceived usefulness was influenced by the perceived ease of use, eHealth and business process alignment, end user involvement, management commitment and support to change, health care provider-patient relationship, and IT experience and knowledge [25,28,33,56,77,83,86-88].”

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Authors
Vogel, E. W., Gracely, E. J., Kwon, Y., & Maulitz, R. C.
Affiliations
  • Drexel University (US)
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (US)
ORCID
Venue
Telemedicine and e-Health
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2009-04
Volume
15
Issue
3
Pages
270-276
ISSN
  • 1530-5627 (ISSN-L)
  • 1556-3669
DOI
10.1089/tmj.2008.0112
OpenAlex
W2020267454
Cited by
11
References
11
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
FWCI
2.11
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.liebertpub.com/nv/resources-tools/text-and-data-mining-policy/121/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Telemedicine Journal and e-Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Electronic Health Records Systems
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Mobile Learning in Education
Keywords
personal digital assistants, internal medicine residents, technology adoption barriers, standardized test scores, information resources, mobile health devices, patient care
MeSH terms
Attitude to Computers, Humans, Internal Medicine, Internship and Residency, Pennsylvania, Practice Patterns, Physicians', Health Care Surveys, Computers, Handheld

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