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Investigating the resistance to telemedicine in Ethiopia
Yajiong Xue1, Huigang Liang1, Victor Mbarika2
1College of Business, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, United States.
Background:
Telemedicine has great potential to improve health care in Africa as well as other developing areas, especially when medical expertise is urgently needed in emergency situations. Yet resistance from healthcare professionals could prevent telemedicine's social value from being materialized.
Objective:
This article intends to understand why healthcare providers resist using telemedicine from a threat-control perspective.
Method:
A survey on 107 healthcare professionals in Ethiopia was conducted.
Conclusions:
The resistance to telemedicine is determined by perceived threat and perceived controllability, which in turn are influenced by reduced autonomy, anxiety, and costs. Government support weakens the effect of perceived threat but strengthens the effect of perceived controllability on telemedicine resistance.
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