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The Diffusion Of Telehealth: System-Level Conditions For Successful Adoption, Danika Tynes
The Diffusion Of Telehealth: System-Level Conditions For Successful Adoption, Danika Tynes
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Telehealth is a promising advancement in health care, though there are certain conditions under which telehealth has a greater chance of success. This research sought to further the understanding of what conditions compel the success of telehealth adoption at the systems level applying Diffusion of Innovations (DoI) theory. System-level indicators were selected to represent four components of DoI theory (relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, and observability) and regressed on 5 types of Telehealth (Teleradiology, Teledermatology, Telepathology, Telepsychology, and Remote Monitoring) using multiple logistic regression.
Analyses included data from 84 states leveraging data from the World Health Organization, World Bank, ICT Index, …