Affective Forecasting: Mispredicted satisfaction hinders the use of new technology innovations

What is it about?

When professionals decide whether or not to use new technological innovations, they underestimate the value that the innovations will bring, and they are consequently reluctant to adapt to these new technological innovations, even if they would value the innovations were they to use them in the future.

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Why is it important?

Professional nurses tended to underestimate the value of a Telemedicine Diagnostics ICT-service, due to being less positive to the service before using it, and attributing substantially more value to the ICT-service when they actually experienced the use of it. Reluctance to adapt to new technological innovations, may imply that these innovations' potential for enchancing quality-of-life are not fully utilized.