• DocumentCode
    3382080
  • Title

    Are working adults ready to accept e-Health at home?

  • Author

    Tan, Odelia ; Koh, Wei Kiat ; Ng, Jamie ; Wong, Alvin ; Tay, Zelia ; Helander, Martin G.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Infocomm Res., Agency for Sci., Technol. & Res. (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    16-18 Dec. 2009
  • Firstpage
    54
  • Lastpage
    59
  • Abstract
    Many researchers and designers from the private and government sectors have been paying much attention to the issues, policies, challenges and opportunities of bringing healthcare services to patients´ homes. Some believe that this would not only ease the workload of the health care practitioners but also reduce the cost of health care treatments. Many topics surround the older adults but few focus on current working adults, who may be the users of the future e-health systems and policies. Compared to older adults, the younger working adults are more tech-savvy and hence more likely to adopt and afford technology-mediated health services. This paper discusses the view points of working adults concerning the adoption of e-health as well as addresses issues concerning innovation and acceptance in their future homes.
  • Keywords
    health care; patient treatment; e-health systems; health care services; health care treatments; technology-mediated health services; Cardiac disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Condition monitoring; Costs; Government; Hospitals; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Medical treatment; Patient monitoring; acceptance; e-Health; need; working adults;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    e-Health Networking, Applications and Services, 2009. Healthcom 2009. 11th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney, NSW
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5013-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5014-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HEALTH.2009.5406210
  • Filename
    5406210