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Academic Physicians' Assessment of the Effects of Computers on Health Care + Has identifier
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| Academic Physicians' Assessment of the Effects of Computers on Health Care |
Bibtype
techreport
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November,1994
Has title
Academic Physicians' Assessment of the Effects of Computers on Health Care
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KSL-94-32
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1994
Title
Academic Physicians' Assessment of the Effects of Computers on Health Care
Year
1994
Abstract
We assessed the attitudes of academic phys … We assessed the attitudes of academic physicians towards computers in health care at two academic medical centers that are in the early stages of clinical information-system deployment. We distributed a 4-page questionnaire to 470subjects, and a total of 272 physicians (58%) responded. Our results show that respondents use computers frequently, primarily to perform academic-oriented tasks as opposed to clinical tasks. Overall, respondents viewed computers as being slightly beneficial to health care. They perceive self-education and access to up-to-date information as the most beneficial aspects of computers and are most concerned about privacy issues and the effect of computers on the doctor-patient relationship. Physicians with prior computer training and greater knowledge of informatics concepts had more favorable attitudes towards computers in health care. We suggest that negative attitudes towards computers can be addressed by careful system design as well as targeted educational activities. s well as targeted educational activities.
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Updated November 1994. Medical Computer Science
Address
Stanford, CA, USA +
Author
William M. Detmer and Charles P. Friedman +
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William M. Detmer and Charles P. Friedman +
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Academic Physicians' Assessment of the Effects of Computers on Health Care +
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Knowledge Systems, AI Laboratory +
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Academic Physicians' Assessment of the Effects of Computers on Health Care +
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November +
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Academic Physicians' Assessment of the Effects of Computers on Health Care +
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