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The Choices of Adoption of eHealth Tools: An Analysis of Research Models

In: Innovation in Community-Based Private Practices Through eHealth

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  • Nicola Cobelli

    (The University of Verona)

Abstract

Many studies have demonstrated that, in general, the adoption of eHealth systems is often problematic. The starting point is the large mismatch between the potential and the empirically demonstrated benefits of eHealth applications. Moreover, the cost-effectiveness and the risk of implementing these solutions are not always clear. In addition, the scepticism of healthcare professionals regarding the actual benefits it would offer their patients and them is frequently a barrier in the eHealth system adoption process. The many interconnected and complex issues related to the nature of healthcare systems’ transformation can be defined as a set of persistent problems. These issues are usually the outcomes of poor models of innovation diffusion. Indeed, the existing healthcare systems tend to create more obstacles to innovation compared with systems in other industries. Moreover, the healthcare systems, thus far, have demonstrated a low rate of information technology appropriation. In this chapter, we will describe several research models developed to comprehend and evaluate the choices of adoption/non-adoption of new technologies to provide entrepreneurs and managers of community-based private practices certain insights and tools to understand the ways in which eHealth can be helpful and beneficial for all healthcare system stakeholders.

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  • Nicola Cobelli, 2020. "The Choices of Adoption of eHealth Tools: An Analysis of Research Models," International Series in Advanced Management Studies, in: Innovation in Community-Based Private Practices Through eHealth, chapter 0, pages 21-37, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isichp:978-3-030-48177-3_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-48177-3_2
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