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Military Physicians’ Assessments of a Mobile Medical Information System: A Longitudinal Study

Shengnan Han, Ville Harkke, Mikael Collan, Franc Tetard, J. Jokela, Military Physicians’ Assessments of a Mobile Medical Information System: A Longitudinal Study. In: IRMA 2007, 2007.

Abstract:

This paper sets out to investigate military physicians’ perceptions and usage regarding a mobile medical information system during their military service in the Finnish Defence Forces. Longitudinal data were gathered in September and December of 2005, and April 2006 by three semi-structured surveys. The military physicians (n=31) had positive perceptions of the mobile medical system, and had used it in their daily military training. But the perceived usefulness, in the terms of effectiveness and usefulness of the system, had declined significantly in April 2006. The same trend has also been found in their perception of ease of use, in the aspect of “easy doing what I want to do”. The changes of the physicians’ assessments and beliefs toward the system are explained. Insights of the findings and implications for system improvement are discussed.

BibTeX entry:

@INPROCEEDINGS{inpHaHaCoTeJo07a,
  title = {Military Physicians’ Assessments of a Mobile Medical Information System: A Longitudinal Study},
  booktitle = {IRMA 2007},
  author = {Han, Shengnan and Harkke, Ville and Collan, Mikael and Tetard, Franc and Jokela, J.},
  year = {2007},
}

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