Authors:
Noor Azizah K. S-Mohamadali
1
and
Jonathan M. Garibaldi
2
Affiliations:
1
University of Nottingham and International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), United Kingdom
;
2
University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Keyword(s):
Evaluation study, Evaluation dimension, Importance of ‘Fit’ between user,Technology and organization, Examples of good ‘Fit’ and poor ‘Fit’.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Biomedical Engineering
;
Evaluation and Use of Healthcare IT
;
Health Information Systems
Abstract:
In this paper, we discuss the importance of addressing the ‘fit’ between user, technology and organization in evaluating user acceptance of healthcare technology. We give an overview of evaluation dimensions and explore two models that are related to ‘fit’. We demonstrate how users’ acceptance factors in previous studies could be better explained through the perspective of ‘fit’ between user, technology and organization. We believe that the importance of ‘fit’ needs to be understood in greater detail among the evaluation research community. The ‘fit’ between user, technology, and organization needs to be addressed together with the factors that influence user acceptance. This paper attempts to gain empirical support for the inclusion of ‘fit’ between user, technology and organization when evaluating user acceptance of the healthcare technology.