The roles of trust, personalization, loss of privacy, and anthropomorphism in public acceptance of smart healthcare services

AI-based smart healthcare services are emerging as promising tools to improve efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare service delivery. This study aimed to examine the roles of trust and three AI-specific characteristics (i.e., personalization, loss of privacy, anthropomorphism) in public accepta...

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Published in:Computers in human behavior Vol. 127; p. 107026
Main Authors: Liu, Kaifeng, Tao, Da
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elmsford Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2022
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:
Anthropomorphism
Customization
Health care
Health services
Multivariate statistical analysis
Personalization
Privacy
Smart healthcare
Technology acceptance
Technology Acceptance Model
Technology utilization
Trust
Privacy
Technology acceptance
Personalization
Smart healthcare
Trust
Anthropomorphism
ISSN:0747-5632, 1873-7692
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Summary:AI-based smart healthcare services are emerging as promising tools to improve efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare service delivery. This study aimed to examine the roles of trust and three AI-specific characteristics (i.e., personalization, loss of privacy, anthropomorphism) in public acceptance of smart healthcare services based on an extended Technology Acceptance Model. The model's validity was confirmed using a partial least squares structural equation modeling technique based on data collected from 769 survey samples. Multigroup analyses were conducted to determine whether the path coefficients differed by gender, age, and usage experience. The results showed that perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and the three AI-specific characteristics were important determinants of public acceptance of smart healthcare services, whose roles were fully or partially mediated by trust. Trust, perceived usefulness, and personalization directly determined behavioral intention to use smart healthcare services. The relationships among antecedent factors and behavioral intention to use smart healthcare services were also moderated by gender, age, and usage experience. The study demonstrated the critical roles of personalization, loss of privacy, and anthropomorphism in shaping public trust and acceptance of smart healthcare services. The results offer important theoretical and practical implications for the design and implementation of such services. •The present study investigated factors affecting public acceptance of smart healthcare services.•Personalization, loss of privacy, and anthropomorphism were verified as important antecedents of user acceptance behavior.•The effects of personalization, loss of privacy, and anthropomorphism on user acceptance behavior were mediated by trust.•Gender, age, and usage experience could moderate the relationships among antecedent factors and acceptance behavior.
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ISSN:0747-5632
1873-7692
DOI:10.1016/j.chb.2021.107026