title: Investigating the resistance to telemedicine in Ethiopia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Telemedicine has great potential to improve health care in Africa as well as other developing areas, especially when medical expertise is urgently needed in emergency situations. Yet resistance from healthcare professionals could prevent telemedicine's social value from being materialized.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This article intends to understand why healthcare providers resist using telemedicine from a threat-control perspective.
  
  
  METHODS
  A survey on 107 healthcare professionals in Ethiopia was conducted.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The resistance to telemedicine is determined by perceived threat and perceived controllability, which in turn are influenced by reduced autonomy, anxiety, and costs. Government support weakens the effect of perceived threat but strengthens the effect of perceived controllability on telemedicine resistance.
authors.affiliation: College of Business, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, United States.
authors.forename: Yajiong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.affiliation: College of Business, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, United States. Electronic address: huigang.liang@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Huigang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.affiliation: Southern University and The ICT University USA, Baton Rouge, LA 70807, United States.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mbarika
authors.affiliation: College of Business, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, United States.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hauser
authors.affiliation: College of Business, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, United States.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schwager
authors.affiliation: Bole Sub City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: Mequanint
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kassa Getahun
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005002:Ethiopia; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006076:Government; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends
keywords: Anxiety; Autonomy; Costs; Government support; Perceived controllability; Perceived threat; Telemedicine