User acceptance of pervasive computing in healthcare: main findings of two case studies

Scheermesser, Mandy; Kosow, Hannah; Rashid, Asarnusch; Holtmann, Carsten

doi:10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2539

Publication type:	Conference paper
Type of review:	Not specified
Title:	User acceptance of pervasive computing in healthcare: main findings of two case studies
Authors:	Scheermesser, Mandy Kosow, Hannah Rashid, Asarnusch Holtmann, Carsten
DOI:	10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2539
Proceedings:	Proceedings of the second ICST international conference on pervasive computing technologies for healthcare
Conference details:	ICST International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, Pervasive Health, Tampere, Finland, 30 January - 1 February 2008
Issue Date:	2008
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	ICST
ISBN:	978-963-9799-14-1
Language:	English
Subjects:	User acceptance; Case study; Usability; Data privacy
Subject (DDC):	610: Medicine and health
Abstract:	The successful implementation of Pervasive Computing technologies in healthcare does not only depend on technical issues but also on acceptability and acceptance issues. In this paper we focus on factors that facilitate or inhibit user acceptance of Pervasive Computing in healthcare. We present selected findings of the research project ‘PerCoMed – Pervasive Computing in Healthcare’. The project is based on two case studies in pre- and post-clinical healthcare. In the first study, the potential of Pervasive Computing technologies for the treatment of acute cardiovascular diseases is investigated, in the second case study, the potential for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) is evaluated. A qualitative user acceptance analysis of the two case studies shows the following results: the main factor of user acceptance is the perceived medical usefulness. Furthermore, acceptance is strongly inhibited if data privacy or if subjective norms are violated. Usability only presents a decisive factor of acceptance if problems with usability reduce the perceived usefulness.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/14812
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	School of Health Sciences
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Physiotherapy (IPT)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Gesundheit

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Scheermesser, M., Kosow, H., Rashid, A., & Holtmann, C. (2008). User acceptance of pervasive computing in healthcare: main findings of two case studies. Proceedings of the Second ICST International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare. https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2539

Scheermesser, M. et al. (2008) ‘User acceptance of pervasive computing in healthcare: main findings of two case studies’, in Proceedings of the second ICST international conference on pervasive computing technologies for healthcare. ICST. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2539.

M. Scheermesser, H. Kosow, A. Rashid, and C. Holtmann, “User acceptance of pervasive computing in healthcare: main findings of two case studies,” in Proceedings of the second ICST international conference on pervasive computing technologies for healthcare, 2008. doi: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2539.

SCHEERMESSER, Mandy, Hannah KOSOW, Asarnusch RASHID und Carsten HOLTMANN, 2008. User acceptance of pervasive computing in healthcare: main findings of two case studies. In: Proceedings of the second ICST international conference on pervasive computing technologies for healthcare. Conference paper. ICST. 2008. ISBN 978-963-9799-14-1

Scheermesser, Mandy, Hannah Kosow, Asarnusch Rashid, and Carsten Holtmann. 2008. “User Acceptance of Pervasive Computing in Healthcare: Main Findings of Two Case Studies.” Conference paper. In Proceedings of the Second ICST International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare. ICST. https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2539.

Scheermesser, Mandy, et al. “User Acceptance of Pervasive Computing in Healthcare: Main Findings of Two Case Studies.” Proceedings of the Second ICST International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, ICST, 2008, https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2539.