• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.71-96
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• 2011

Within the traditional medical delivery system, patients residing in medically vulnerable areas, those with body movement difficulties, and nursing facility residents have had limited access to good healthcare services. However, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) provides us with a convenient and useful means of overcoming distance and time constraints. ICT is integrated with biomedical science and technology in a way that offers a new high-quality medical service. As a result, rapid technological advancement is expected to play a pivotal role bringing about innovation in a wide range of medical service areas, such as medical management, testing, diagnosis, and treatment; offering new and improved healthcare services; and effecting dramatic changes in current medical services. The increase in aging population and chronic diseases has caused an increase in medical expenses. In response to the increasing demand for efficient healthcare services, a telehealth service based on ICT is being emphasized on a global level. Telehealth services have been implemented especially in pilot projects and system development and technological research. With the service about to be implemented in earnest, it is necessary to study its overall acceptance by consumers, which is expected to contribute to the development and activation of a variety of services. In this sense, the study aims at positively examining the structural relationship among the acceptance factors for telehealth services based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Data were collected by showing audiovisual material on telehealth services to online panels and requesting them to respond to a structured questionnaire sheet, which is known as the information acceleration method. Among the 1,165 adult respondents, 608 valid samples were finally chosen, while the remaining were excluded because of incomplete answers or allotted time overrun. In order to test the reliability and validity of the assessment scale items, we carried out reliability and factor analyses, and in order to explore the causal relation among potential variables, we conducted a structural equation modeling analysis using AMOS 7.0 and SPSS 17.0. The research outcomes are as follows. First, service quality, innovativeness of medical technology, and social influence were shown to affect perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness of the telehealth service, which was statistically significant, and the two factors had a positive impact on willingness to accept the telehealth service. In addition, social influence had a direct, significant effect on intention to use, which is paralleled by the TAM used in previous research on technology acceptance. This shows that the research model proposed in the study effectively explains the acceptance of the telehealth service. Second, the research model reveals that information privacy concerns had a insignificant impact on perceived ease of use of the telehealth service. From this, it can be gathered that the concerns over information protection and security are reduced further due to advancements in information technology compared to the initial period in the information technology industry, and thus the improvement in quality of medical services appeared to ensure that information privacy concerns did not act as a prohibiting factor in the acceptance of the telehealth service. Thus, if other factors have an enormous impact on ease of use and usefulness, concerns over these results in the initial period of technology acceptance may become irrelevant. However, it is clear that users' information privacy concerns, as other studies have revealed, is a major factor affecting technology acceptance. Thus, caution must be exercised while interpreting the result, and further study is required on the issue. Numerous information technologies with outstanding performance and innovativeness often attract few consumers. A revised bill for those urgently in need of telehealth services is about to be approved in the national assembly. As telemedicine is implemented between doctors and patients, a wide range of systems that will improve the quality of healthcare services will be designed. In this sense, the study on the consumer acceptance of telehealth services is meaningful and offers strong academic evidence. Based on the implications, it can be expected to contribute to the activation of telehealth services. Further study is needed to assess the acceptance factors for telehealth services, such as motivation to remain healthy, health care involvement, knowledge on health, and control of health-related behavior, in order to develop unique services according to the categorization of customers based on health factors. In addition, further study may focus on various theoretical cognitive behavior models other than the TAM, such as the health belief model.

• 시큐리티연구
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• 제19호
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• pp.225-244
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• 2009

기계경비시스템은 대부분 전자 정보 통신 기기로 구성되어 있기 때문에 정보통신환경의 변화는 기계경비시스템의 기술, 운영체계, 운영방법 등에 영향을 미치게 된다. 본 연구는 기계경비시스템의 기술개발 동향 및 실태를 분석하고 기술개발 전망을 제시하는데 있다. 본 연구는 문헌연구와 기계경비시스템을 사용하는 수요자와 공급자와의 면담을 통한 분석과, 기술개발업자와 시스템 설치 기술자를 대상으로 한 설문조사를 통해 분석결과에 대한 검증을 실시하였다. 국제적으로 경쟁력이 있는 DVR 기술은 본래의 기능인 영상녹화 기능을 위주로 Motion Detection 기능과 상황변화 인식 기능, 목표물 추적 기능 등과 같은 다양한 기능을 수행할 수 있는 하이브리드 DVR 기술개발 쪽으로 진행될 것이며, 상황변화를 인식할 수 있는 기술은 현장에 설치된 많은 카메라를 소수의 인원이 효과적으로 감시할 수 있게 하여 기존의 CCTV시스템의 기능을 보다 향상시킬 수 있을 것이다. 그리고 영상전송기능을 수행하는 인터넷 서버기술과 영상인식 소프트웨어가 카메라에 내장된 'Embedded IP카메라' 기술개발은 CCTV시스템의 구성체계를 보다 간소화 시킬 수 있을 것이다. 생체인식 중 지문인식기술과 얼굴인식기술은 국제적인 경쟁력을 가지고 기술개발이 진행되지만 얼굴인식기술은 인식기술에 있어서는 선진국과 비슷한 수준인 것으로 평가되고 있으나 인식거리를 확보하는 기술과 감시 기능, 3D인식 기술부분에 있어 다소 신뢰성이 떨어져 이를 보완하기 위한 지속적인 개발이 이루어질 것이다. RFID의 무선인식과 추적기능은 사람 또는 차량의 출입통제나 물품의 반입 반출의 감시 통제 등을 위해 유용하게 적용될 것으로 평가되고 있어 RFID의 하드웨어와 소프트웨어 기술개발이 활발하게 진행될 것으로 전망되지만 시장여건과 새로운 제품 도입을 꺼리고 수입 의존도가 높은 현상을 개선하기 위하여 개발된 제품을 사용할 수 있는 여건 조성 등 기술개발을 촉진하기 위한 적극적인 지원이 필요한 것으로 분석된다. 행동패턴을 인식하여 침입상황을 감지하는 센서기술은 기존의 오작동이 많은 공간감지 센서를 대신하여 경보신호의 신뢰도를 향상시켜 자신있는 현장대응을 가능하게 해줄 수 있는 기술로 적극적으로 개발이 이루어질 것으로 전망된다. 행동패턴인식기술과 영상변화를 탐지하고 분석하는 영상인식기술은 유사한 기술로 서로 연계될 수 있으며, 경보신호전송 기술, 영상추적기술, RFID의 무선인식 및 추적 기술, 그리고 이를 관리하기 위한 미들웨어 기술을 통합하여 이상상황에 보다 효과적으로 대응할 수 있는 통합관제시스템을 구축할 수 있을 것이다.