title: Impact of the TOP-FORUM hypermedia system in a pediatric oncology care unit.
abstract: This paper describes our approach in analyzing the impact of the TOP-FORUM hypermedia in a pediatric oncology care unit. The impact of this technology is realized through the study of accommodation and assimilation adoption. Accommodation refers to the technological adoption and Assimilation refers to the professional adoption. Results show that accommodation depends on information and formation of the users. Assimilation is more difficult to evaluate because it depends on human, social and organizational problems.
authors.affiliation: Service de l'Information Médicale, Hopital Timone A, Marseille, France. gsoula@ap-hm.fr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Soula
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Puccia
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fieschi
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Le Boeuf
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fieschi
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D002648:Child; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D019146:Hypermedia; D008495:Medical Oncology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D010372:Pediatrics; D018511:Systems Integration; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted