Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare > Volume 15, Number 2 > Pp. 55-58

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Nine human factors contributing to the user acceptance of telemedicine applications: a cognitive-emotional approach

Susanne Buck 

Adaptize, Helmond, The Netherlands

Correspondence: Dr Susanne Buck, Adaptize, De Kromme Geer 52, 5709 ME Helmond, The Netherlands (Email: susanne.buck{at}adaptize.nl)

Much attention is paid to the technical aspects of telemedicine in the development of new applications, but the enthusiasm about what is technically possible very often leads to the user acceptance of such products being neglected. The number of successful and sustainable telemedicine applications would be much higher if developers concentrated more on matters related to the cognitive-emotional situation of the users involved in telemedicine. The users include the care and cure providers, as well as the care and cure receivers. Based on an informal literature search and discussions with telemedicine implementation staff, nine factors have been identified which are essential for the user acceptance of telemedicine applications. All of them are connected more to the cognitive-emotional than to the cognitive-rational side of information processing. This suggests that in the future the cognitive-emotional side will need more attention. This in turn implies that the nine points mentioned above have to find their way into requirements engineering, development processes and product life cycles.

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