| Abstract
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We assessed the attitudes of academic phys … We assessed the attitudes of academic physicians towards computers in healthcare at two academic medical centers that are in the early stages of clinicalinformation-system deployment. We distributed a 4-page questionnaire to 470subjects, and a total of 272 physicians (58%) responded. Our results show thatrespondents use computers frequently, primarily to perform academic-orientedtasks as opposed to clinical tasks. Overall, respondents viewed computers asbeing slightly beneficial to health care. They perceive self-education andaccess to up-to-date information as the most beneficial aspects of computers andare most concerned about privacy issues and the effect of computers on thedoctor-patient relationship. Physicians with prior computer training andgreater knowledge of informatics concepts had more favorable attitudes towardscomputers in health care. We suggest that negative attitudes towards computerscan be addressed by careful system design as well as targeted educationalactivities. as well as targeted educationalactivities.
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| Address
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Stanford, CA, USA +
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| Author
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William M. Detmer +,
Charles P. Friedman +
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| Bibtype
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techreport +
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| Institution
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Knowledge Systems, AI Laboratory +
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| Key
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KSL-94-32 +
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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1 May 2009 14:05:42 +
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| Month
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November +
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| Note
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Updated November 1994. Medical Computer Science +
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| Number
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KSL-94-32 +
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| Tag
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Computer science +
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| Title
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Academic Physicians' Assessment of the Effects of Computers on Health Care +
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| Tr id
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KSL-94-32 +
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| Year
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1994 +
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| Categories |
Technical Report,
Publication,
KSL Technical Report
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