Willingness to Adopt Telemedicine in Major Iraqi Hospitals: A Pilot Study

Table 1

Operationalization of the factors and items.

Factor	Items	References
Privacy	3 items	[17, 19]
Culture	3 items	[19–21]
Attitude toward telemedicine	3 items	[22, 23]
Benefit	5 items	[20, 21, 24]
Connectivity	3 items	[25, 26]
IT capability	3 items	[20, 21, 24, 27]
Compatibility	3 items	[5, 13, 28]
Data warehouse	3 items	[29–31]
Technical support	3 items	[21, 32]
Top management support	3 items	[5, 13, 28, 33]
Cost	4 items	[20, 24, 34]
Policy	3 items	[5, 13, 20, 21, 28]
Upper-level leadership	3 items	[5, 13, 35]