Title: Mobile technology and healthcare: the adoption issues and systemic problems

Authors: Susan Standing, Craig Standing

Addresses: School of Management, Edith Cowan University, 100 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia. ' School of Management, Edith Cowan University, 100 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia

Abstract: Although the benefits that are associated with mobile technology have been recognised as offering great potential in the healthcare sector, its widespread adoption has been lagging. We propose that fundamental systemic issues are likely to be the main barriers to adoption. We explain that the fragmented nature of the conservative healthcare system, the contradictory incentives and improper outcome measures conspire to make the innovative adoption of mobile technology problematic. Researchers can only gain a limited understanding of a technology|s potential success by using technology adoption frameworks and need to supplement this with a |systems| perspective that takes a more strategic view.

Keywords: mobile technology; e-healthcare; technology adoption models; TAM; systems perspective; electronic healthcare; adoption barriers; mobile communications.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEH.2008.022661

International Journal of Electronic Healthcare, 2008 Vol.4 No.3/4, pp.221 - 235

Published online: 24 Jan 2009 *

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