Understanding health information technology adoption: A synthesis of literature from an activity perspective

Jun Sun () and Zhe Qu ()
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Jun Sun: University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley
Zhe Qu: Fudan University

Information Systems Frontiers, 2015, vol. 17, issue 5, No 15, 1177-1190

Abstract: Abstract The vast body of literature on health information technology (HIT) adoption features considerably heterogeneous factors and demands for a synthesis of the knowledge in the field. This study employs text mining and network analysis techniques to identify the important concepts and their relationships in the abstracts of 979 articles of HIT adoption. Through the lens of Activity Theory, the revealed concept map of HIT adoption can be viewed as a complex activity system involving different users, technologies and tasks at both the individual level and the social level. Such a synthesis not only discloses the current knowledge domain of HIT adoption, but also provides guidance for future research on HIT adoption.

Keywords: Activity theory; Health information technology; System adoption; Text mining; Network analysis; Literature synthesis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s10796-014-9497-2

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