An empirical study to explore the adoption of telehealth: Health belief model perspective

Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1-5

  Hsieh, H L ^a   Tsai, C H ^b  

^a Chu Shang Show Chwan Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Health belief model; Self efficacy; Telecare; Telehealth

Indexed keywords

HOSPITALS; MANAGERS; MEDICAL COMPUTING;

HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HOSPITAL MANAGERS; PERCEIVED BENEFITS; PERCEIVED SUSCEPTIBILITY; SELF EFFICACY; TELECARE; TELEHEALTH; TELEHEALTH SYSTEM;

EHEALTH;

EID: 84886991549     PISSN: 17919320     EISSN: 17912377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25103/jestr.062.01     Document Type: Article

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