title: Crucial factors for the acceptance of a computerized national medication list: insights into findings from the evaluation of the Austrian e-Medikation pilot.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this paper is to present crucial factors among registered doctors and pharmacists for acceptance of the Austrian 'e-Medikation' system which is aimed at providing, on a national level, complete and recent information on all the medication that were prescribed or dispensed to a patient.
  
  
  METHODS
  As the accompanying formative evaluation study of the pilot project showed different overall acceptance rates among participating physicians and pharmacists, a decision tree analysis of 30 standardized survey items was performed to identify crucial acceptance factors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For the physicians' group, only two items (fear of improper data use and satisfaction with software support) were crucial for overall e-Medikation acceptance. The analysis of the pharmacists' data resulted in five crucial factors primarily focusing on functional aspects and the perceived benefits of e-Medikation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results indicate that the acceptance among physicians and pharmacists depends on quite different factors. This must be taken into account during the planned rollout of e-Medikation or of comparable products.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health Informatics, UMIT-University of Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology , Hall in Tirol, Austria.
authors.forename: W O
authors.initials: WO
authors.lastname: Hackl
authors.affiliation: Research Division for eHealth and Telemedicine, UMIT , Hall in Tirol, Austria.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hoerbst
authors.affiliation: Section for Medical Information Management and Imaging, Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems, Medical University of Vienna , Austria.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Duftschmid
authors.affiliation: Section for Medical Information Management and Imaging, Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems, Medical University of Vienna , Austria.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gall
authors.affiliation: Section for Medical Information Management and Imaging, Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems, Medical University of Vienna , Austria.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Janzek-Hawlat
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health Informatics, UMIT-University of Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology , Hall in Tirol, Austria.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health Informatics, UMIT-University of Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology , Hall in Tirol, Austria.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Woertz
authors.affiliation: Section for Medical Information Management and Imaging, Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems, Medical University of Vienna , Austria.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dorda
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health Informatics, UMIT-University of Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology , Hall in Tirol, Austria.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ammenwerth
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D050316:Medical Order Entry Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000523:psychology*; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Evaluation studies; medical order entry systems; prescription; questionnaire