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This study looks at the adoption and use of Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) system among consumers (individual users) in Australia. The specific aim of this study is to examine the current status of adoption and continued use of the PCEHR system among consumers in Australia. An online questionnaire survey was conducted, and 110 valid responses were received. The results of this study could contribute to the success of the ongoing roll-out of the PCEHR system in Australia and further studies in adoption and contused use of the system.
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Xu, J., Gao, X., Sorwar, G., Antonius, N. (2016). Examining the Adoption and Use of Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) System Among Australian Consumers: A Preliminary Study. In: Huang, DS., Jo, KH. (eds) Intelligent Computing Theories and Application. ICIC 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9772. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42294-7_63
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