Many healthcare experts and providers assume that older physicians are reluctant to employ new tools, such as electronic medical records, because they do not want to use the technology. Analysts say that instead, the reluctance may stem from their experience with new fads in healthcare.
Older physicians are more hesitant to spend money on something that will make them less efficient, while they are enthusiastic about implementation when presented with a tool that will make them better physicians.
Dean Sittig, PhD, professor at the School of Biomedical Informatics in The University of Texas Health Science Center of Houston, said physicians are averse to “things that don’t help them get their work done,” rather than technology as a whole. Mr. Sittig said older physicians have picked up smart phones and tablet computers with increasing speed.
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