The IRMA Community
Newsletters
Research IRM
Click a keyword to search titles using our InfoSci-OnDemand powered search:
|
Gender Differences in Adoption and Use of a Healthcare IT Application
|
|
Author(s): Kai Zheng (Carnegie Mellon University, USA), Rema Padman (Carnegie Mellon University, USA), Michael P. Johnson (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)and Herbert S. Diamond (The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, USA)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 9
Source title:
Medical Informatics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Joseph Tan (McMaster University, Canada)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-050-9.ch123
Purchase
|
Abstract
Information technology (IT) adoption and diffusion is a central concern of information systems research and practice. The most widely-accepted method in IT adoption and diffusion research, the technology acceptance model (TAM; Davis 1989), posits that perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness are fundamental determinants of user acceptance. However, TAM and its subsequent research makes little or no reference to gender effects (Adams, Nelson, & Todd, 1992; Chin & Gopal, 1995; Venkatesh & Davis, 2000), despite the fact that researchers have shown that sociocultural factors, such as gender and ethnic differences, influence human perceptions and behaviors (Hofstede, 1980). These socio-cultural factors can result in differences in user responses to technology innovations (Gefen & Straub, 1997). Aiming to provide theoretical extensions to the TAM model, researchers have shown that gender differences may relate to beliefs and use of IT. For instance, males and females are found to demonstrate distinct adoption behavior in use of a wide spectrum of IT applications, such as e-mail (Gefen & Straub, 1997), mobile telephony (Ling, 2000) and Internet (Kraut, Scherlis, Mukhopadhyay, Manning, & Kiesler, 1996). Nevertheless, the exact gender effect remains a controversy. Some researchers believe that females are less technology inclined, less motivated and, therefore, less competent in masculine computer and technology culture (Wilder, Mackie, & Cooper, 1985; Qureshi & Hoppel, 1995). Others, in contrast, argue that females have the ability to be proficient in adopting new technologies (Turkle, 1995). Some research results indicate that females tend to favor some technology innovations and use them more effectively than males, such as computer-mediated communication (Kraut et al., 1996; Morahan-Martin & Schumacher, 1997). In health care, influence of physician gender has long been noted in resident education and many practice areas. Researchers find the procedural and obstetrical care pattern of practice differs between male and female residents (Chaytors, Szafran, & Crutcher, 2001), and physician gender significantly affects treatments in adult primary care practice (Boulis & Long, 2004). An understanding of these socio-cultural issues is also of vital importance towards success of health care IT applications. This study is thereby designed to assess medical residents’ acceptance and adoption of a Clinical Reminder System (CRS), by examining several key user characteristics that may relate to adoption and use of the system.
Related Content
|
David Edson Ribeiro, Valter Augusto de Freitas Barbosa, Clarisse Lins de Lima, Ricardo Emmanuel de Souza, Wellington Pinheiro dos Santos.
© 2021.
15 pages.
|
|
Juliana Carneiro Gomes, Maíra Araújo de Santana, Clarisse Lins de Lima, Ricardo Emmanuel de Souza, Wellington Pinheiro dos Santos.
© 2021.
12 pages.
|
|
Maíra Araújo de Santana, Jessiane Mônica Silva Pereira, Clarisse Lins de Lima, Maria Beatriz Jacinto de Almeida, José Filipe Silva de Andrade, Thifany Ketuli Silva de Souza, Rita de Cássia Fernandes de Lima, Wellington Pinheiro dos Santos.
© 2021.
19 pages.
|
|
Jessiane Mônica Silva Pereira, Maíra Araújo de Santana, Clarisse Lins de Lima, Rita de Cássia Fernandes de Lima, Sidney Marlon Lopes de Lima, Wellington Pinheiro dos Santos.
© 2021.
25 pages.
|
|
Adriel dos Santos Araujo, Roger Resmini, Maira Beatriz Hernandez Moran, Milena Henriques de Sousa Issa, Aura Conci.
© 2021.
35 pages.
|
|
Abir Baâzaoui, Walid Barhoumi.
© 2021.
21 pages.
|
|
Marcus Costa de Araújo, Luciete Alves Bezerra, Kamila Fernanda Ferreira da Cunha Queiroz, Nadja A. Espíndola, Ladjane Coelho dos Santos, Francisco George S. Santos, Rita de Cássia Fernandes de Lima.
© 2021.
44 pages.
|
|
|