The adoption of mobile health management services: An empirical study

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1381-1388

  Hung, Ming Chien ^a   Jen, Wen Yuan ^b  

^a NANHUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Mobile health management service; Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOBILE HEALTH MANAGEMENT SERVICE; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT;

EID: 85027957654     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-010-9600-2     Document Type: Article

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