title: Benefits of ICT adoption and use in regional general medical practices: a pilot study.
abstract: This paper presents a pilot study of benefits derived from information and communications technology(ICT) adoption and use in medical practices in regional Australia. The study involved 122 regional medical practitioners. The results show that like the more general small business sector, the perception of certain benefits is associated with the size of the practice (in terms of employee levels) and/or the gender of the respondent practitioner. The data also showed that the level of skill of certain software used within the practice was significantly associated with the level of perceived benefit derived from ICT adoption and use.
authors.affiliation: School of Information Technology and Computer Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia. rmacgreg@uow.edu.au
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: MacGregor
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hyland
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Harvei
authors.forename: Boon-Chye
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dalley
authors.forename: Sangeetha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramu
mesh_terms: D001292:Attitude to Computers; D001315:Australia; D005194:Family Practice / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008331:Management Information Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D010865:Pilot Projects