Acceptance Of E-Health Companion By Potential Users
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Date
2010-03
Authors
Elavarasen, Manimegala
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Currently there is a change in the mortality and morbidity rates apparently due to the
existence of diabetes and hypertension. This led to the need for health management for the
respective patients. The heal' th problems caused by the lifestyle diseases not only affect the
individual but it also affects those who depend on them, this includes their family and
organizations. Seeing this as a feasible business opportunity, a group of Postgraduate students
conducted a research and provided a system called e-Health Companion. Health Technology
Pvt. Ltd will initiate its business at Penang first then expand it throughout the other states at
Malaysia and then to Asian countries. 'An Expense to cut your Expense' will be the tag line
used for promotes the e-Health Companion. The purpose of this study was to investigate
potential user's acceptance of e-Health Companion by identifying the determinants of their
intention to use e-health in the future. The study was performed to investigate the potential
user's acceptance of e-Health Companion by identifying the factors of their intention to use
e-health in the future by using Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). A paper-based and
electronic-based survey was conducted among the public who are in the age range of 25-60
years old. Hundred and thirty-seven respondents returned the survey form and out of this
sample sixty had been used for data analysis. Among the sixty individuals, twenty-four were
the female respondents and thirty-six were male respondents. At the end of the study we
found that among the seven hypotheses used for testing, four hypotheses showed a strong and
medium relationship among the variables. As a conclusion, we found that the factors that
influence the acceptance level of users towards using e-health monitoring systems were
attitude, perceived usefulness, compatibility and intention to use. At the same time, risk, ease
of use and accessibility also play role in influencing the attitude of users towards using ehealth
monitoring system when it is implemented.
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E-Health