Using Technology Acceptance Model, Analyzing the Role of Telehealth Services in the Healthcare Industry During COVID-19 ---7th International Conference on Embracing Change & Transformation Innovation and Creativity

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Published: Jul 31, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24083/apjhm.v17i2.1815
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Telehealth Services, Technology acceptance model, COVID-19, Reliability, Affordability, Convenience

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Pooja Sharma
Chandigarh University, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6874-5901
Asmat Ara Shaikh
Lala Lajpatrai Institute of Management, Mumbai, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9883-8770
Ameet Sao
RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University, Noida, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0864-9336
Nitesh Rohilla
RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University, Noida, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9118-4807

Abstract

The emergence of COVID-19 has brought a demographic shift in the usage of health services. Patients used to physically visit healthcare facilities but today many of them utilize technology to get advice from doctors. As a result, technology is becoming more widely used and accepted in the healthcare industry.


Using the technological acceptance model as a base, this study aims to identify the critical factors that impact patients' adoption of telehealth services. This study found that the intention to adopt technology is dependent on reliability, social norms, schemes, offers, hedonic motivation, convenience, and affordability. These factors comprise 67% of the total variance. Analysis using structural equation modelling revealed that reliability, convenience, and affordability at (β =0.22, p=***), (β =0.31, p=***), (β =0.33, p=***) shows positive intention by consumers to adopt telehealth services.


As a result, the hypotheses H1 (Reliability has a positive influence on the adoption intention of telehealth services), H5 (Convenience has a positive influence on the adoption intention of telehealth services), and H6 (Affordability has a positive influence on the adoption intention of telehealth services) are accepted. The path coefficient for social norms, hedonic motivation, schemes, and offers was negative and non-significant. Therefore, hypotheses H2 (Social Norms have a positive influence on the adoption intention of telehealth services), H3 (Social Norms have a positive influence on the adoption intention of telehealth services), and H4 (Hedonic Motivation has a positive influence on the adoption intention of telehealth services) were rejected. The findings also demonstrated that telehealth service adoption intentions positively impacted usage behavior.


*(The paper presented at the 7th International Conference on Embracing Change & Transformation Innovation and Creativity 26-28 May 2022)

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Sharma, P. ., Shaikh, A. A., Sao, A., & Rohilla, N. (2022). Using Technology Acceptance Model, Analyzing the Role of Telehealth Services in the Healthcare Industry During COVID-19: ---7th International Conference on Embracing Change & Transformation Innovation and Creativity. Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, 17(2). https://doi.org/10.24083/apjhm.v17i2.1815
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Vol. 17 No. 2 (2022)
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Author Biographies

Pooja Sharma, Chandigarh University, India

Assistant Professor, Chandigarh University, India

Asmat Ara Shaikh, Lala Lajpatrai Institute of Management, Mumbai, India

Lala Lajpatrai Institute of Management, Mumbai, India

Ameet Sao, RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University, Noida, India

Assistant Professor, RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University, Noida, India,

Nitesh Rohilla, RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University, Noida, India

Assistant Professor, RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University, Noida, India