Table 3
Summary of Characteristics and Opinion Tupes
| Opinion Type | Envisioned Uses | Issues of Concern |
| Full-range adopters (Factor 1) | Improved patient/longitudinal care and office/patient management; CPRs reduce redundancy; communication links with sites, insurers, social service; access to literature | None shown |
| Skills-concerned adopters (Factor 2) | Improved office/patient management and longitudinal care; CPRs reduce redundancy; communication links with sites, insurers, social service | Computer skills |
| Technology-critical adopters (Factor 3) | Improved patient care and office/patient management; communication links with sites, insurers, social service | Confidentiality and security; computer-based performance assessment; computer skills; depersonalizing effect |
| The independently-minded and concerned (Factor 4) | Improved office/patient management; communication links with insurers; access to literature/research | Confidentiality and security; computer-based performance assessment; computer skills |
| The inexperienced and worried (Factor 5) | Small computer to carry; patient education; access to literature/research | Confidentiality and security; computer-based performance assessment; computer skills; depersonalizing effect; too much standardization; reduces critical thinking; time-consuming |
| The business-minded and adaptive (Factor 6) | Communication links with sites; improved patient/longitudinal care and patient management; CPRs reduce redundancy; small computer to carry; communication links with insurers; business/HMO contracts | Vendor manipulation; confidentiality and security; time-consuming |
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CPRs = computer-based patient records.
