Journal article
Toward a Theory of HealthIT Adoption Across the Lifespan: Findings from Five Years in the Community
Health communication, Vol.35(3), pp.308-321
02/23/2020
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2018.1563027
PMID: 30652503
Abstract
Mediated communication enabled by information technology has immense potential to positively affect personal health. Although existing theories of technology use and adoption have advanced our understanding of information technology, they do not fully address voluntary adoption in community settings, adoption across the lifespan, and privacy concerns. Drawing on evidence collected during more than five years of field research, we start to address those issues, especially as they pertain to HealthIT (e.g. mHealth, e-Health, and/or connected health) use. Our goals include advancing theoretical discussions on technology acceptance and offering practical applications useful for medical professionals serving patients of all ages. We discuss our findings related to mandatory adoption learning heuristics, pressured voluntary adoption, digital immigrants' self-reported technology use and skill, perceived versus actual support, concerns about online privacy and information sharing, potential loss of control over personal information, online-offline boundary incongruence, and adoption barriers related to technological features.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Toward a Theory of HealthIT Adoption Across the Lifespan: Findings from Five Years in the Community
- Creators
- Kate Magsamen-Conrad - Department of Communication Studies, The University of IowaJeanette Muhleman Dillon - Western Governors UniversityChina Billotte Verhoff - School of Communication Studies, Ohio UniversityClaire Youngnyo Joa - Department of Arts and Media, Louisiana State University Shreveport
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Health communication, Vol.35(3), pp.308-321
- Publisher
- Routledge
- DOI
- 10.1080/10410236.2018.1563027
- PMID
- 30652503
- ISSN
- 1041-0236
- eISSN
- 1532-7027
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/23/2020
- Academic Unit
- Communication Studies
- Record Identifier
- 9984002451602771
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