Physician’s Use of Mandatory Information Systems: An Exploratory Research in German Hospitals

Physician´s use of information systems remains a highly interesting area for information systems research to the recent days. Numerous studies have been conducted to investigate the enablers and inhibitors of such use. However, no study has yet provided comprehensive insights. To advance efforts in this field, this research takes a step back and investigates the issue in an exploratory research layout. 47 informants provided input accompanied by more than 40 hours of workplace shadowing in two German hospitals. \ \ Our findings show that focusing only on physicians does not help to answer the question. The root causes for successful system deployment are a combined approach to focus not only on the user but also on the process and the system. The three factors influence each other. Our findings also underline the importance of leadership and organizational setting.

The Influence of Percieved Risk and Perceived Usefulness on Manager\u27s Attitude Towards Business Process Outsourcing

Although the financial services industry is a large buyer of outsourcing services, it still lags behind other industries especially regarding business process outsourcing (BPO). This research in progress asks why. The main hypothesis is that subjectively perceived risk is decisive for senior management\u27s attitude towards BPO. A causal model will be developed, derived from Perceived Risk Theory and a review of the literature on the usefulness of outsourcing. Using the model, the influence of different risk and utility facets on the attitude towards BPO is assessed. The next research step will be an empirical test of the model

Introduction to Senior\u27s Use of Health Information Technology Minitrack

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Why Do I Rate? - Shedding Light on the Factors Influencing the Participation on Physician Rating Websites

Nowadays it is possible for consumers to exchange consumption experiences with everybody on the internet. For almost every product or service people form communities or visit dedicated rating websites to exchange information. Concerning medical treatment services, physician ratings have emerged as a field of interest for both patients and physicians. However, little is known about why people even spend time and effort to rate their physician. We conducted a study in which we asked patients about their intention to use physician rating websites, building on the social exchange theory. The results suggest that the main motivations to rate are to help other patients finding the right doctor or trying to influence the doctor for better treatment in the future

Elderly People in eHealth: Who are they?

AbstracteHealth initiatives are constantly evolving, supporting consumers to take active control of their health and well-being through access to health information via the Internet. Although particularly elderly people could benefit from eHealth, they often pose resistance and anxiety towards new technologies. Since modern technologies become increasingly complex, elderly's mental models on how technology works might be not supported. Today's technologies are often designed without paying attention to the circumstances of elderly people, thereby limiting the technologies’ intended effectiveness. As such it becomes apparent to understand who these ‘elderly people’ actually are and how individual characteristics shape elderly's perceptions and behavior in using eHealth. Consequently, we seek to investigate how broad personality traits (i.e. the ‘big five’) affect perceptions of elderly of being generally able to use the Internet (i.e. self-efficacy) in order to use the Internet for health-related purposes. By conducting a quantitative study among elderly people, we aim to contribute to the knowledge on relationships between personality traits and self-efficacy. We further expect to provide new insights on elderly's personality in order to design effective systems for the growing segment of older adults

Technology-Mediated Health Activities: An Exploratory Study on Older Adults

This research aims to investigate how older adults make use of technologies for health-related activities. We conceptualize technology-mediated health activities as two distinct behaviors, namely ‘Health Decision Support’ and ‘Health Management’. Drawing on prior research at the intersection of older adults’ health IT acceptance, we explore how technology-related beliefs, individual differences in IT, and health-related factors jointly determine these two activities. Based on an empirical study among adults aged 60 and above, our study contributes to research on consumer health IT by 1) exploring a target group that might benefit most from eHealth, 2) by revealing that these eHealth behaviors are differently determined, and 3) by re-examining the important roles health related factors play in eHealth acceptance