Information Technology (hereafter IT) assimilation refers to the use of modern telemedicine technologies to meet the needs of patients and healthcare providers, as well as carers. The most common barriers to the effective use of technologies encompass: lack of trust, cultural differences, lack of training, bureaucracy and hierarchy, and incoherent paradigms and understandings. One way people may overcome knowledge barriers is by continuous learning (i.e. assessing the situation, consulting experts, seeking feedback and tracking progress). This study investigates how a continuous learning environment can counteract the presence of knowledge barriers, along with how this environment can, in turn, results in the creation of IT assimilation. The study uses PLS-Graph software version 3.2.6 and it involves the collection and analysis of data provided by 252 healthcare end users. Results support that continuous learning not only may help healthcare end users to create IT assimilation, but may also contribute to overcome knowledge barriers (e.g. misunderstandings and wrong statements learned from badly informed sources). The paper contributes to a better understanding of continuous learning. Although previous studies in the field of knowledge management have shown that knowledge management structures support IT assimilation, few studies, if any, have explored the relationship between continuous learning and knowledge barriers in the healthcare domain. The study provides useful insights into the possible KM approaches in the healthcare domain. This can be of use to hospitals for the implementation of telemedicine technologies and, more generally, for developing awareness of knowledge barriers and possible solutions. A limitation of the study is the relatively simple statistical method that has been used for the analysis. However, the results provided here will serve as a preliminary basis for more sophisticated analysis which is currently underway.