1Associate Professor, Department of Operations & IT, ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad
2Research Scholar, Department of Operations & IT, ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad
The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE) (Deemed to be university u/s 3 of the UGC Act 1956), Hyderabad-India
*Corresponding author: Vaidik Bhatt Research Scholar, Department of Operations & ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad, The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE) (Deemed to be university u/s 3 of the UGC Act 1956), Hyderabad-India. E-mail: vaidik.bhatt@ibsindia.org
Online published on 7 December, 2018.
The paper investigates the information processing theory for telemedicine reach and ends up with the proposed model with the constructs which may leads towards the adoption behavior and reach. The systematic literature review followed by one to one interaction with the physicians, patients and telemedicine experts, the anecdotal propositions are made based on case studies which are likely to affect the implementation and adoption of telemedicine technology. The fit between the telemedicine information processing needs and telemedicine capabilities required for the adoption and reach of telemedicine. The fit is required between need and capabilities, so managers have to invest in partnership specific assets, training programs should be there to adoption and reach.
Telemedicine, Healthcare, Rural India, Information Processing needs, Information Processing Capabilities
