Following Sykes et al. [20], we consider family physicians’ use of
EHRsystems to be influenced by both individual and system characteristics.
First, prior research in the field of psychology has used the
demographic characteristics of individuals as predictors of human
behavior [21,22]. Among others, gender and age have been shown
to influence the use of several technological innovations [20,23].
In addition we explored the idea that physicians’ prior experience
with EHR systems might also be positively related to their actual
system usage behaviors through a process of experiential learning