title: Rural health and IT&T in Australia--the results of qualitative and quantitative surveys of the needs, perceptions and expectations of rural and remote health professionals.
abstract: This paper reports an initial overview of the findings of qualitative and quantitative surveys of rural and remote health professionals in Australia to determine their present use of information technology and telecommunications (IT&T), barriers to the use of IT&T, and expected future uses. The survey research commissioned for this project supports the degree of importance rural and remote health professionals attach to the introduction and use of IT&T to reduce their sense of professional isolation and to support their service provision.
authors.affiliation: Australian Rural Health Research Institute, School of Professional and Curriculum Studies, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. jtogno@hitech.net.au
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Togno
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lundin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Buckley
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hovel
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001315:Australia; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D012423:Rural Health; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*