Using the healthcare information adoption model to predict the adoption of telecare

Abstract

This study explores the prediction of the healthcare information adoption model (HIAM) which was created first time by Huang (2010) with regard to telecare. This study collects 390 samples in Taiwan and uses structure equation modeling (SEM) to test research model. The results reveal that the model can be considered good-fit models. It can possibly be used as an alternative approach to deliberate on the suitable adoption and acceptance of health care IT (telecare). This study is conducted from the perspective of users in order to ascertain the critical factors that affect telecare users in their inclination toward health care IT. In sum, the research results reveal that it is necessary to increase the users’ awareness of the threat of diseases in order to increase the acceptance of telecare by users (health care IT). Moreover, safety, accuracy, cost of usage, and privacy of telecare equipment should also be considered. Key words: Telecare, healthcare information adoption model, healthcare information adoption model (HIAM).