The Adoption of Mobile Health Management Services: An Empirical Study

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Title:	The Adoption of Mobile Health Management Services: An Empirical Study
Authors:	洪銘建;Hung, Ming-Chien;Jen, Wen-Yuan
Contributors:	資訊管理學系
Keywords:	Mobile health management service;Healthcare;Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)
Date:	2012-06
Issue Date:	2019-04-17 13:57:13 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	As their populations age, many countries are facing the increasing economic pressure of providing healthcare to their people. In Taiwan, this problem is exacerbated by an increasing rate of obesity and obesity-related conditions. Encouraging the adoption of personal health management services is one way to maintain current levels of personal health and to efficiently manage the distribution of healthcare resources. This study introduces Mobile Health Management Services (MHMS) and employs the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to explore the intention of students in Executive Master of Business Management programs to adopt mobile health management technology. Partial least squares (PLS) was used to analyze the collected data, and the results revealed that “perceived usefulness” and “attitude” significantly affected the behavioral intention of adopting MHMS. Both “perceived ease of use” and “perceived usefulness,” significantly affected “attitude,” and “perceived ease of use” significantly affected “perceived usefulness” as well. The results also show that the determinants of intention toward MHMS differed with age; young adults had higher intention to adopt MHMS to manage their personal health. Therefore, relevant governmental agencies may profitably promote the management of personal health among this population. Successful promotion of personal health management will contribute to increases in both the level of general health and the efficient management of healthcare resources.
Relation:	Journal of Medical Systems vol. 36, no. 3 pp.1381-1388
Appears in Collections:	[Department of Information Management] Periodical Articles

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