Mobile Computing in Healthcare: The Dreams and Wishes of Clinicians

摘要

Physicians and other health care providers are often slower to adopt newer technologies in comparison to the other industries. Reasons for slow adoption include the anxiety of learning how to use new hardware, the frustration with constant technological change, and hesitancy to get out of an established routine. This talk will briefly review some of the psychology behind resistance to change and adoption of new technologies, and highlight strategies in encouraging the healthcare industry to quickly adapt to the exciting and new technologies.