Acceptance and Use of Health Information Technology By Community-Dwelling Elders
By Shira H. Fischer, D. David, B. Crotty, M. Dierks, C. Safran. Int. J. Medical Informatics, 2014
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Objectives With the worldwide population growing in age, information technology may help meet important needs to prepare and support patients and families for aging. We sought to explore the use and acceptance of information technology for health among the elderly by reviewing the existing literature. Methods Review of literature using PubMed and Google Scholar, references from relevant papers, and consultation with experts. Results Elderly people approach the Internet and health information technology differently than younger people, but have growing rates of adoption. Assistive technology, such as sensors or home monitors, may help ‘aging in place,' but these have not been thoroughly evaluated. Elders face many barriers to using technology for healthcare decision-making, including issues with familiarity, willingness to ask for help, trust of the technology, privacy, and design challenges. Conclusions Barriers must be addressed for these tools to be available to this growing population. Design, education, research, and policy all play roles in addressing these barriers to acceptance and use.
Subfields: Demography, General Health Professions, Occupational Therapy
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Citations in the corpus
- Mobile health technology adoption across generations: Narrowing the digital divide (2018, methodology): “This study builds upon prior work to explore the influence of HIPC on m‐ health adoption among older adults, as privacy concerns have been found to represent a barrier to usage among this group (Fischer et al., 2014).”
- Older people, assistive technologies, and the barriers to adoption: A systematic review (2016, background): “This goes without saying that elderly people approach the Internet and health information technology differently than younger people, but have growing rates of adoption [4].”
- The experiences, challenges, and acceptance of e-learning as a tool for teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic among university medical staff (2021, background): “[33] who stated that older staff with long traditional teaching experience usually has limited interaction with technology and lacking the development of their necessary skills.”