The purpose of this paper is to construct a conceptual framework for the adoption decision of potential users in the … uncertainty about the innovation and the barriers that inhibit the adoption. So far, adoption research has widely ignored the … healthcare sector. Consequently, no comprehensive studies on adoption decision processes yet exist. Using a semi-structured field …

We empirically examine the determinants of adoption of information technology by primary healthcare clinics using a … large and complex market. Our study generates several interesting results related to the adoption and diffusion of Health … Information Technology (HIT), including: (1) the adoption probabilities vary considerably by the specific type of clinic; (2) in …

respect to Europe, there is a considerable variability in adoption levels, with Nordic countries like Finland, Sweden, Denmark … and Estonia at the highest level of adoption and countries in Eastern Europe and Greece staying behind at the lowest level …. To better understand these differences, we develop a model of organizational adoption of ICT in hospitals and explore …

, companies and scholars have paid little attention to the end users of medical devices: patients. We focus on the innovative … behavior of patients and their relatives, their motivations, and their contributions to improving the quality of their own and … ultimately of other patients' therapy. We analyze innovations of producers, healthcare professionals, patients, and relatives in …

research, especially in the field of technology adoption. According to the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), a widely used and …'s intentions and actions. In the context of technology adoption identifiying salient beliefs is essential when thinking of … patients with chronic conditions have towards the use of medical apps (mHealth)? The results show behavioral, normative and …