Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2008
Abstract
The advancement of modern medicine would not be possible without the development, diffusion, and adoption of medical technologies. Few studies have measured technology adoption at the level of the individual physician and fewer of surgeons per se. Computer assisted surgery (CAS), an example of clinically oriented technology, has experienced slow adoption by orthopedic surgeons. Our inquiry, based on semi-structured interviews with practitioners trained to use CAS in knee replacement surgeries, sheds light on how surgeons make decisions to adopt or reject clinical technologies. Findings suggest that classic technology acceptance models, TAM, TAM2 and TAM3, insufficiently explain clinical technology choice. Our data describes orthopedic surgeons as technology enthusiasts, who, while generally open to evaluating and quick to embrace new devices, are not unequivocal adopters of CAS. Trust, perceptions of self vs. technological efficacy, and beliefs about consequences of use differentiated adopters and rejecters.
Keywords
computer-assisted surgery
Rights
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Department/Center
Design & Innovation
Recommended Citation
Brewster, Jonathan B., "Surgeon Acceptance of Computer Assisted Surgery" (2008). Student Scholarship. 415.
https://commons.case.edu/studentworks/415