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Healthcare receivers' acceptance of telecardiology in Malaysia

This quantitative study investigates acceptance towards implementation of telecardiology in Malaysia. The purpose of this study is to explore and understand the potential factors that could be the key elements in cultivating positive behaviour towards telecardiology adoption in Malaysia. Data was ga...

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Main Authors: Yeo, K. J., Ahmed Al-Ashwal, R. H., Handayani, L., Lee, S. H.
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Language:English
Published: Universitas Ahmad Dahlan 2019
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L Education (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/90530/1/YeoKeeJiar2019_HealthcareReceiversAcceptance%20.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/90530/
http://dx.doi.org/10.12928/telkomnika.v17i3.12212
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spelling my.utm.905302021-04-29T23:27:58Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/90530/ Healthcare receivers' acceptance of telecardiology in Malaysia Yeo, K. J. Ahmed Al-Ashwal, R. H. Handayani, L. Lee, S. H. L Education (General) This quantitative study investigates acceptance towards implementation of telecardiology in Malaysia. The purpose of this study is to explore and understand the potential factors that could be the key elements in cultivating positive behaviour towards telecardiology adoption in Malaysia. Data was gathered by using survey method from 149 patients and publics who use internet service in their daily lives. The questionnaire was developed by integrating Technology Readiness Index (TRI), Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) which consists of 42 items. Descriptive statistics, factor analysis and one-way ANOVA were conducted to analyse the data. The analysis reveals that Malaysians generally hold a positive perception towards implementation of telecardiology with some reservations. Besides that, gender and income of the respondents were found to influence the variables in telecardiology readiness, hence suggesting these two variables be taken into considerations in the adoption of telecardiology. It is our hope that the result of this study provides some useful information for the policy makers and implementers to develop effective implementation strategies that could reduce users’ resistance and adoption barriers in telecardiology adoption. Universitas Ahmad Dahlan 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/90530/1/YeoKeeJiar2019_HealthcareReceiversAcceptance%20.pdf Yeo, K. J. and Ahmed Al-Ashwal, R. H. and Handayani, L. and Lee, S. H. (2019) Healthcare receivers' acceptance of telecardiology in Malaysia. TELKOMNIKA, 17 (3). ISSN 1693-6930 http://dx.doi.org/10.12928/telkomnika.v17i3.12212 DOI: 10.12928/telkomnika.v17i3.12212
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic L Education (General)
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Yeo, K. J.
Ahmed Al-Ashwal, R. H.
Handayani, L.
Lee, S. H.
Healthcare receivers' acceptance of telecardiology in Malaysia
description This quantitative study investigates acceptance towards implementation of telecardiology in Malaysia. The purpose of this study is to explore and understand the potential factors that could be the key elements in cultivating positive behaviour towards telecardiology adoption in Malaysia. Data was gathered by using survey method from 149 patients and publics who use internet service in their daily lives. The questionnaire was developed by integrating Technology Readiness Index (TRI), Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) which consists of 42 items. Descriptive statistics, factor analysis and one-way ANOVA were conducted to analyse the data. The analysis reveals that Malaysians generally hold a positive perception towards implementation of telecardiology with some reservations. Besides that, gender and income of the respondents were found to influence the variables in telecardiology readiness, hence suggesting these two variables be taken into considerations in the adoption of telecardiology. It is our hope that the result of this study provides some useful information for the policy makers and implementers to develop effective implementation strategies that could reduce users’ resistance and adoption barriers in telecardiology adoption.
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author Yeo, K. J.
Ahmed Al-Ashwal, R. H.
Handayani, L.
Lee, S. H.
author_facet Yeo, K. J.
Ahmed Al-Ashwal, R. H.
Handayani, L.
Lee, S. H.
author_sort Yeo, K. J.
title Healthcare receivers' acceptance of telecardiology in Malaysia
title_short Healthcare receivers' acceptance of telecardiology in Malaysia
title_full Healthcare receivers' acceptance of telecardiology in Malaysia
title_fullStr Healthcare receivers' acceptance of telecardiology in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Healthcare receivers' acceptance of telecardiology in Malaysia
title_sort healthcare receivers' acceptance of telecardiology in malaysia
publisher Universitas Ahmad Dahlan
publishDate 2019
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/90530/1/YeoKeeJiar2019_HealthcareReceiversAcceptance%20.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/90530/
http://dx.doi.org/10.12928/telkomnika.v17i3.12212
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