Telemedicine in hospitals : issues in implementation / / Sherry Emery

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460538503321
• Autore: Emery Sherry
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015
• ISBN: 1-317-73319-3; 1-315-79066-1; 1-317-73318-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (171 p.)
• Collana: Health care policy in the United States
• Disciplina: 362.1028
• Soggetti: Rural health services - United States - Communication systems - Planning; Hospitals - United States - Communication systems - Planning; Telecommunication in medicine - United States - Planning; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published 1998 by Garland Publishing, Inc.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Symbols; Half Title; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Background and related literature; 2.1 Telemedicine: The range of possibilities; 2.2 Government involvement in telemedicine; 2.2.1 Federal government programs; 2.2.2 State telemedicine initiatives; 2.2.3 Telemedicine use; 2.3 Telemedicine and public policy; 2.4 Empirical documentation of telemedicine benefits; Chapter 3. Review of the diffusion literature; 3.1 Economic theories of diffusion; 3.1.1 Profitability; 3.1.2 Characteristics of the innovation3.1.3 Market structure; 3.1.4 Firm characteristics; 3.1.5 Summary of economic diffusion concepts; 3.2 Applied models of economic diffusion; 3.3 Noneconomic theories of diffusion; 3.3.1 Rogers' theory of diffusion; Chapter 4. Conceptual framework; 4.1 Research hypotheses; 4.2 Modeling the problem; 4.2.1 Identifying the dependent variable; 4.2.2 The diffusion paradigm applied: Identifying independent variables; 4.3 Defining the variables; 4.3.1 Market characteristics; 4.3.2 Hospital characteristics; 4.3.3 Behavioral characteristics; 4.4 Specification of the functional formChapter 5. Research Design and Methods; 5.1 Study design; 5.2 Survey data collection; 5.2.1 Why survey?; 5.2.2 Sampling; 5.2.3 Survey logistics; 5.2.4 Survey development; 5.2.5 Survey mailing; 5.3 Qualitative data; 5.4 Variable construction; 5.4.1 The dependent variable; 5.4.2 Market characteristics; 5.4.3 Hospital characteristics; 5.4.4 Behavioral characteristics; 5.5 Validity threats; 5.5.1 Construct validity; 5.5.2 External validity; Chapter 6. Characteristics of the Survey Population and Descriptive Statistics; 6.1 Characteristics of the research context6.1.1 Population; 6.1.2 Hospital characteristics; 6.1.3 Telecommunications and telemedicine policies; 6.2 Background information; 6.2.1 Response and adoption rates; 6.2.2 Hospital strategy and the role of telemedicine; 6.2.3 Financing telemedicine; 6.2.4 Specialties using telemedicine; 6.2.5 Barriers to adoption; 6.3 Descriptive statistics of diffusion model variables; 6.3.1 Univariate analysis of market characteristic; 6.3.2 Univariate analysis of hospital characteristics; 6.3.3 Univariate analysis of behavioral characteristics; 6.4 Conclusions; Chapter 7. Data Analysis, Findings, and Discussion7.1 Bivariate analyses; 7.1.1 Relationship between market characteristics and adoption; 7.1.2 Relationship between hospital characteristics and adoption; 7.1.3 Relationship between behavioral characteristics and adoption; 7.2 Multivariate analysis: the diffusion model; 7.2.1 Results of the diffusion model; 7.2.2 Getting beneath the surface of the model results; 7.3 Summary of bivariate and multivariate analyses; Chapter 8. Conclusions and Policy Implications; 8.1 Empirical research and hypothesis testing; 8.1.1 H1, H1a, H1b: Hospital location and telemedicine adoption