The role of physician networks in the diffusion of clinical applications of computers.
This study utilizes network analysis to examine the process by which physicians adopt and utilize computers in providing patient care. It also demonstrates how network techniques can be used to determine the role and position of individual physicians in their professional network and to develop educational programs designed to increase the clinical use of computers.
D003142:Communication; D003201:Computers; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D007196:Indiana; D007256:Information Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000379:methods; D010820:Physicians