What Matters Most to Veterans When Deciding to Use Technology for Health: Cross-Sectional Analysis of a National Survey

Bella Etingen   ^{1, 2, 3} , PhD ;   Bridget M Smith   ^{1, 4, 5} , PhD ;   Stephanie L Shimada   ^{1, 6, 7, 8} , PhD ;   Stephanie A Robinson   ^{1, 6, 9} , PhD ;   Robin T Higashi   ^{1, 3} , PhD ;   Ndindam Ndiwane   ^{1, 6} , MPH ;   Kathleen L Frisbee   ^{1, 10} , MPH, PhD ;   Jessica M Lipschitz   ^{11, 12} , PhD ;   Eric Richardson   ^{1, 12, 13} , PhD ;   Dawn Irvin   ^{1, 4} , BS ;   Timothy P Hogan   ^{1, 3, 6} , PhD

¹ eHealth Partnered Evaluation Initiative, VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, United States

² Research and Development Service, Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States

³ Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States

⁴ Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare, Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL, United States

⁵ Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States

⁶ Center for Health Optimization and Implementation Research, VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, United States

⁷ Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States

⁸ Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States

⁹ The Pulmonary Center, School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States

¹⁰ Office of Connected Care, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC, United States

¹¹ Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

¹² Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

¹³ Center for Health Optimization and Implementation Research, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States