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. 2012 Sep 13;14(5):e121. doi: 10.2196/jmir.2016

Table 2.

Themes, codes, definitions, and sample statements.

Theme Code Definition Statement
External variables Accessibility Computers performance and availability; quality of the Internet connection at work “We have old computers” (participant I1)
System features Characteristics of Web 2.0 applications and exchanges See Table 3
User support Informatics support available at work “We have an informatics department here. Whenever something doesn’t work, we call them and they can fix it rapidly normally” (participant A2)
Technological skills Level of skills to use computer and the Internet “I am skilled to do what I have to do” (participant A7)
Tool experience Previous emotional experience with a Web 2.0 platform “I could spend my whole day here. I had to stop, because it could take my whole day, I’m very interested, it could take up my whole day” (participant A3)
Perceived usefulness Facilitates knowledge transfer Opportunity to learn and stay up-to-date through exchanges with other members of a Web 2.0 platform “I think it might be interesting, the opening, to have contact with other people working in the same field. Especially if it’s interactive, I think that’s good too, to have access to information with an easier way than right now” (participant A1); “To have access to what is done in other organizations” (participant I3); and “To seek the others’ expertise.” (participant I6)
Increased quality of care Opportunity to make changes to improve care through a Web 2.0 platform “It can get answers to people...which may be useful in their practice” (participant A4)
Allows tasks to be accomplished more quickly Opportunity to decrease time spent to search information or to do other tasks through a Web 2.0 platform “Why reinvent something when it already exists?” (participant R5)
Perceived uselessness Personal and organizational resistance to change “From a management point of view, I have a concern with how clinicians will use this tool and how much time they will spend on it” (participant A6)
Perceived ease of use User-friendly Intuitive learning of a Web 2.0 platform “If it’s complicated, it might unmotivate me” (participant I7)
Timely access to information Optimizing the time fit between an informational need and its answer through a Web 2.0 platform “If I have a problem, I need a quick response” (participant A7)
Time availability - Available time to learn about best practices and to search on the Internet “Nobody has the time to do that” (participant I8)
Behavioral intention to use Positive Expected platform use “By using it, if everything is going well, I will use it more and more often” (participant R4)
Negative Unexpected platform use “I don’t think I will go on it (participant the platform) every day” (participant I8)