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Digital transition in rural emergency medicine: Impact of job satisfaction and workload on communication and technology acceptance

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Hasebrook, Joachim P., Michalak, Leonie, Kohnen, Dorothea, Metelmann, Bibiana, Metelmann, Camilla, Brinkrolf, Peter, Flessa, Steffen, Hahnenkamp, Klaus·2023·PLOS ONE

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Background: Tele-emergency physicians (TEPs) take an increasingly important role in the need-oriented provision of emergency patient care. To improve emergency medicine in rural areas, we set up the project ‘Rural|Rescue’, which uses TEPs to restructure professional rescue services using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in order to reduce the therapy-free interval. Successful implementation of ICTs relies on user acceptance and knowledge sharing behavior. Method: We conducted a factorial design with active knowledge transfer and technology acceptance as a function of work satisfaction (high vs. low), workload (high vs. low) and point in time (prior to vs. after digitalization). Data were collected via machine readable questionnaires issued to 755 persons (411 pre, 344 post), of which 304 or 40.3% of these persons responded (194 pre, 115 post). Results: Technology acceptance was higher after the implementation of TEP for nurses but not for other professions, and it was higher when the workload was high. Regarding active communication and knowledge sharing, employees with low work satisfaction are more likely to share their digital knowledge as compared to employees with high work satisfaction. This is an effect of previous knowledge concerning digitalization: After implementing the new technology, work satisfaction increased for the more experienced employees, but not for the less experienced ones. Conclusion: Our research illustrates that employees’ workload has an impact on the intention of using digital applications. The higher the workload, the more people are willing to use TEPs. Regarding active knowledge sharing, we see that employees with low work satisfaction are more likely to share their digital knowledge compared to employees with high work satisfaction. This might be attributed to the Dunning-Kruger effect. Highly knowledgeable employees initially feel uncertain about the change, which translates into temporarily lower work satisfaction. They feel the urge to fill even small knowledge gaps, which in return leads to higher work satisfaction. Those responsible need to acknowledge that digital change affects their employees’ workflow and work satisfaction. During such times, employees need time and support to gather information and knowledge in order to cope with digitally changed tasks.

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  • Individuals are more likely to accept and adopt technology when their workload is high.

    “Hasebrook et al. (2023) found that individuals were more likely to accept and adopt technology when their workload was high.”

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    The Results (Technology acceptance) report higher technology acceptance among employees with high workload, and the Conclusion says they were more willing to use TEPs. The paper does not establish that they actually adopted the technology, and its finding concerns employees and TEPs in a rural emergency-medicine setting rather than individuals and technology generally. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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Authors
Hasebrook, J. P., Michalak, L., Kohnen, D., Metelmann, B., Metelmann, C., Brinkrolf, P., Flessa, S., & Hahnenkamp, K.
Affiliations
  • Steinbeis University Berlin (DE)
  • KU Leuven (BE)
  • Universitätsmedizin Greifswald (DE)
  • Universität Greifswald (DE)
Corresponding author
  • Hasebrook, Joachim P.
  • Michalak, Leonie
  • Kohnen, Dorothea
  • Metelmann, Bibiana
  • Metelmann, Camilla
  • Brinkrolf, Peter
  • Flessa, Steffen
  • Hahnenkamp, Klaus
Venue
PLOS ONE
Published
2023-01-24
Volume
18
Issue
1
Pages
e0280956
ISSN
1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4317870133
Cited by
19
References
114
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 3
FWCI
4.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Lirias (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (01NVF16004)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Electronic Health Records Systems
Keywords
rural emergency medicine, digital transition, technology acceptance, job satisfaction, workload, knowledge sharing, information and communication technologies, Dunning-Kruger effect, emergency rescue services, digitalization
MeSH terms
Communication, Humans, Job Satisfaction, Surveys and Questionnaires, Technology, Workload

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