• The Journal of Society for e-Business Studies
• /
• v.24 no.1
• /
• pp.49-89
• /
• 2019

Many studies have been conducted on adoption of healthcare applications. However, few studies have paid their attention to continuous usage intention of healthcare applications even though success of healthcare applications is determined by Continuous usage intention rather than adoption. Therefore, this study tried to identify the factors affecting the continuous usage intention of healthcare applications and examined the relationship between them empirically. In addition, the role of gender and age in the relationship was investigated. The results showed that self-efficacy and innovation had a significant effect on perceived ease of use of healthcare application, while self-efficacy, health information seeking, and enjoyment had a significant effect on perceived usefulness. Perceived ease of use and usefulness showed positive impact on continuous usage intention of healthcare application. Finally, age and gender had a moderator effect the relationship between perceived usefulness and continuous usage intention. This study is expected to make contributions to the existing research by identifying the factors affecting the Continuous usage intention of healthcare applications, but also to give a guideline for managers who want to provide healthcare application services.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
• /
• v.6 no.3
• /
• pp.57-65
• /
• 2020

This study is places importance on health and safety in the era of untact, non-face-to-face care areas are increasing. To find out the fun factors and the effect of immersion on use satisfaction of health application users. Through the first factor analysis, we found the fun and immersion elements(joyful, interest, social intercourse) of users. Secondly, we looked at the impact of fun factors and immersion on satisfaction (viral intention, continuity). Finally, we looked at whether the user's characteristics affect satisfaction. The impact on fun factors and satisfaction was different depending on gender, which are characteristics of health application users. Both men and women showed significant results in oral tradition of pleasure, and in the case of women, elements of joy and psychological compensation were found to affect the continuation of use. It is thought that it is important to consider this in terms of marketing so that the elements of enjoyment among the fun factors of users through health application can continuously affect the continuation of use or oral tradition.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
• /
• 2013.10a
• /
• pp.627-628
• /
• 2013

Recently, many people interested in health care moreover, smart devices have been used widly areas. Hence there are many application for smartphone. In this paper, we will introduce some of applications which related with healthcare. We will introduce our application that caluate calory to consume using motion recognition using various smartphone sensors.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
• /
• v.18 no.4
• /
• pp.143-153
• /
• 2017

This was a descriptive survey to determine the intention of users to use smartphone healthcare applications (SHAs) and to clarify factors that may influence such intention. The data were collected during the month of April in 2015, using a structured self-report questionnaire that was distributed to 300 participants aged 20 to 70 years; 285 complete copies were used for the final analysis. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients, and hierarchical multiple regression. First, according to the results, the average intention to use SHAs was 3.28 out of 5, which varied according to age, final education, economy level, vacation, current disease, total period of smartphone use, and etc. Second, significant correlations were shown by exercise behavior, dietary management behavior, stress management, satisfaction with smartphone use, and satisfaction with using SHAs. Third, the explanatory power of the predictive model involving all general, health-related, smartphone use-related, and SHA use-related factors was 45.5%; and the economic level, interest, status, and awareness satisfaction of patients using SHA were identified to be the main influential factors. The results indicate that SHA developers need to put efforts into improving consumers' app recognition and to develop plans in provoking consumers' interests to increase the use of SHAs.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
• /
• 2013.05a
• /
• pp.642-643
• /
• 2013

Recently there are many smartphone applications. People who live in these days interest in health but there are not many smartphone applications that deal with healthcare. In this work, we will introduce healthcare application which introduce exercise methods and user can be seen their consuming calories and eating calories using calender.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
• /
• v.12 no.9
• /
• pp.369-379
• /
• 2012

This study aims to examine the preferred device types, the difference of device properties by service types, and acceptance intention for applications and willingness to pay for healthcare services. To attain this goal, this research conducted a survey targeted to the subjects of those concerned in hospitals and medical institutions, the aged and patients with chronic disease, and consumers having interest in health maintenance. According to the result of the analysis, acceptance intention for mobile devices for healthcare services was high in general. And patients with chronic disease and those concerned in hospitals showed high acceptance intention. Smart phones were preferred the most in the support of healthcare services. And there was the difference of device properties by service types, and in health maintenance, easiness and playfulness were somewhat high. Acceptance intention for mobile applications was rather high in personal use, and regarding the properties, personal information protection was valued highly.

• Convergence Security Journal
• /
• v.14 no.7
• /
• pp.75-84
• /
• 2014

The advancement in ubiquitous healthcare specifically in preventive healthcare can lead to longer life expectancy especially for the elderly patients. To aid in preventing premature loss of lives as well as lengthening life span, this research aims to implement the use of mobile and wireless sensor technology to improve the quality of life and lengthen life expectancy. The threats to privacy and security have received increasing attention as ubiquitous healthcare applications over the Internet become more prevalent, mobile and universal. Therefore, we propose Context-aware Service of U-Healthcare Application based Knowledge using Ontology in secure health information exchange. This research also applies ontology in secure information exchange to support knowledge base, context modeling, and context reasoning by applying the general application areas for ontologies to the domain of context in ubiquitous computing environments. This paper also demonstrates how knowledge base, context technologies, and mobile web services can help enhance the quality of services in preventive ubiquitous healthcare to elderly patients.

• Journal of the HCI Society of Korea
• /
• v.10 no.1
• /
• pp.19-27
• /
• 2015

As the mobile content industry is growing, mobile health (m-health) market is expanding based on various contents. It has developed in the way of utilizing health contents through mobile device such as smart phone among young people. This study aims to examine the usage of m-health application and factors of continuous usage among students in Seoul National University. The result is expected to provide a foundation for future health promotion programs utilizing m-health. The study analyzes the difference of application usage tendency based on demographic characteristic and the continuous usage, and compared the level of knowledge, attitude, belief, and practice (KABP) of mobile health application. 28% of the total sample population uses the application continuously, and their KABP level was higher than that of users that stopped using. This study goes beyond the previous studies of service satisfaction and acceptance analysis on the marketing level, and is meaningful in that it has analyzed the m-health application usage from the public health point of view.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
• /
• v.15 no.4
• /
• pp.303-315
• /
• 2020

The development of ICT is spreading various contents to enhance health care and management efficiency through convergence between mobile and healthcare, but it indicates consumer acceptance and imbalance of mobile healthcare, and there is a lack of empirical research on functions and acceptability required according to consumer behavior and characteristics. This study sought to understand whether users were aware of and how to address the risks associated with smartphone use, and to conduct research on the acceptability and function and price of healthcare applications. For the purpose of the study, the data prepared in depth 1:1 survey for those who participated in and attended the 'BIO 2018 in Boston' exhibition was used for the actual analysis. The collected sample data included frequency analysis, technical statistical analysis, speech only correlation, chi square test, one-way analysis, and accuracy test. As a result, the more you realize the wrong attitude, the higher the awareness of risk and willingness to take action to solve problems. Second, it is necessary to increase satisfaction with the functions of healthcare apps, as well as to utilize health care and healthcare apps. Third, focus should be placed on systems or functional implementations centered on user behavior changes. Fourth, it is necessary to develop services that can enhance visual motivation. This study is meaningful in that it identifies a variety of consumer characteristics and provides directions for development of functions, and can be used as a basis for providing efficient healthcare applications in the future.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
• /
• 2015.10a
• /
• pp.464-466
• /
• 2015

인구의 고령화와 생활패턴의 변화로 인하여 병원에 내원하여 진료를 받기가 힘들어졌다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 문제점을 해소하기 위하여 가정내 화장실에서 소변 내 pH수치를 측정하여 안드로이드 어플리케이션으로 자신의 건강상태를 모니터링할 수 있고, 서버에 측정한 pH수치를 저장하여 안드로이드 어플리케이션에서 조회할 수 있으며, 응급상황을 판단하여 대처할 수 있는 헬스케어 토일렛 시스템을 구현하였다.