Physician Behaviors and Blockchain Possibilities Implementation on the Intention to Use Telemedicine Applications

Published in 2023 29th International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT)

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Background

Telemedicine apps are commonly utilized by physicians and patients in the current digital era.

Main Problem

The main problem is that using various telemedicine features in daily practice presents many challenges for doctors. Additionally, there are issues with patient data needing to be integrated and issues with validating digital prescriptions, which may impact the degree of intention to use.

Research Aim

The research aims to understand and investigate how physician behavior and blockchain adoption affect telemedicine application usage intentions.

Methodology

This study employs a quantitative review methodology, multivariate statistical analysis, and partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Two hundred four respondents are physicians from Indonesia who responded to the questionnaires distributed using Google Forms with the Purposive Sampling Method. The data was collected in April 2023.

Results

The data processing results revealed that all variables had t-values greater than 1.96 and ranging from 2.130 to 8.056, showing that all the variables, including the major variables–perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, blockchain adoption, and contamination avoidance–were significant.

Conclusion

The results of this study indicate that doctors want to keep utilizing telemedicine applications since they can make it simpler to deliver healthcare services, are easy to use, and can be further enhanced by implementing blockchain technology. It showed in all six significant hypotheses testing.