• DocumentCode
    2200577
  • Title

    Adoption of ICT Enabled Telehealth Services in the Australian Context: Implications of Technology Use for Telehealth Workers

  • Author

    Blount, Yvette ; Gloet, Marianne

  • Author_Institution
    Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    5-8 Jan. 2015
  • Firstpage
    3571
  • Lastpage
    3580
  • Abstract
    This study investigated the major issues and challenges associated with ICT enabled telehealth service delivery from the point of view of workers engaged in telehealth delivery in Australia. Through intensive interviews with telehealth workers across three case study organizations, the study examines the types of technology employed to deliver ICT enabled health care, as well as implications of technology use in the health care environment, particularly as they relate to workers.
  • Keywords
    health care; information technology; Australian context; ICT enabled telehealth services; health care; Australia; Broadband communication; Government; Interviews; Medical services; Monitoring;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    System Sciences (HICSS), 2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kauai, HI
  • ISSN
    1530-1605
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HICSS.2015.430
  • Filename
    7070245