Background:The purposes of this study were to explore the factors influencing physicians' intention of adopting telemedicine and to conduct a multigroup analysis comparing the perceptions about telemedicine adoption between experienced and inexperienced physicians. Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior, we conducted a cross-sectional survey to collect data from 15 hospitals in Taiwan.Materials and Methods:In total, 106 valid questionnaires were returned. We used structural equation modeling to analyze the collected data.Results:Attitude (AT), subjective norm (SN), and perceived behavioral control (PBC) were found to be positively related to behavioral intention (BI) for combined data. Moreover, the relationships between AT→BI, SN→BI, and PBC→BI varied significantly between experienced and inexperienced physicians. Experienced physicians held stronger beliefs about the relationship between AT→BI than inexperienced physicians.Conclusions:According to the results, our study suggests that differing strategies for experienced and inexperienced physicians must be formulated to substantially boost the adoption of telemedicine technology.
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