A93.
Katz,
J. E.
& Rice, R. E. (2009). Public
views of mobile medical devices and services: A US national survey of
consumer
sentiments towards RFID healthcare technology.
International Journal of Medical
Informatics, 78, 104-114.
A
2007 national
public
opinion survey of 1404 Americans revealed variations in sentiments
concerning
the desirability of several mobile healthcare technologies based on
RFID. The
survey appears to be the first reasonably national public opinion
survey of US
adults concerning their attitudes towards mobile healthcare technology.
The
survey revealed high levels of interest in emergency intervention
services, but
much less so in health information and monitoring services. Interest in
RFID
personal medical technology was positively associated with high levels
of trust
in others and social support. At the same time, a small minority were
negatively disposed towards such applications. In those cases, the
negative
sentiment appears heightened when the
mobile healthcare application is
offered
in a modality attached to the body as opposed to a somewhat more
physically
remote option, i.e., attached to one’s cell phone.
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