Examining supporting and constraining factors of physicians’ acceptance of telemedical online consultations: a survey study

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As healthcare demands exceed outpatient physicians’ capacities, telemedicine holds far-reaching potential for both physicians and patients. It is crucial to holistically analyze physicians’ acceptance of telemedical applications, such as online consultations. This study seeks to identify supporting and constraining factors that influence outpatient physicians’ acceptance of telemedicine. We develop a model based on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT). To empirically examine our research model, we conducted a survey among German physicians (n = 127) in 2018–2019. We used the partial least squares (PLS) modeling approach to test our model, including a mediation analysis. The results indicate that performance expectancy (β =.397, P

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Diel, S., Doctor, E., Reith, R., Buck, C., & Eymann, T. (2023). Examining supporting and constraining factors of physicians’ acceptance of telemedical online consultations: a survey study. BMC Health Services Research, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10032-6

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