Mobile technology at the frontlines of patient care: Understanding fit and human drives in utilization decisions and performance

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 634-647

  Junglas, Iris ^a,b   Abraham, Chon ^a,b   Ives, Blake ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b The College of William Mary Mason School of Business Department of Finance   (United States)

Author keywords

Human drives; MICT; Mobile healthcare information technology; Task technology fit

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

HUMAN DRIVES; INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; MICT; MOBILE HEALTHCARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE INFORMATION; MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES; PATIENT CARE; TASK-TECHNOLOGY FIT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; USER COMFORT;

DRIVES;

EID: 58749106227     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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