title: Organizational learning, diffusion of innovation, and international collaboration in telemedicine.
abstract: The authors analyze competing forces affecting the diffusion of telemedicine practices across organizations, potential learning effects from telemedicine practice, and their implications for the development of telemedicine-based networks. They also speculate on the learning, diffusion, and institutional effects that telemedical collaboration may trigger; five sets of propositions are advanced to explain these effects.
authors.affiliation: Texas Tech University, Area of Management, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: David F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Grant T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Savage
authors.forename: Kim Sydow
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004465:Economic Competition; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007858:Learning; D015279:Organizational Culture; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*