A REVIEW ON MOBILE HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE THEORIES
Abstract
The aim of this study is to provide e-health and its sub-concepts, usage areas and stakeholders
of mobile health (m-health) services, m-health applications (apps) classification and the current
state of the market, wearable technologies and technology acceptance theories used to evaluate
technology usage intentions and behaviors of m-health technology users and to form a basis for
future studies.
In the first part of the study, E-health including m-health technologies and other sub-concepts of
E-health, Tele-health, E-learning, Electronic Health Records, Social Media, Big Data and M-Health
are explained; in the second part, technology acceptance theories and models are given in details
such as Diffusion of Innovation Theory, Social Cognitive Theory, Theory of Reasoned Action,
Theory of Planned Behavior, Technology Acceptance Model, Model of PC Utilization, Unified
Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology and Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of
Technology 2. This article, which was prepared as a structural review, was created by scanning
studies on “E-health”, “m-health technologies”, “technology acceptance theories” in the national
or international literature.
Author
Lecturer Ceren TÜRKDOĞAN GÖRGÜN
