Comparison of Contemporary Technology Acceptance Models and Evaluation of the Best Fit for Health Industry Organizations

An elaborate literature review was conducted in the area of technology acceptance identifying seminal authors and their views. Several models were examined and three out of theses were chosen based on the popularity in the health care industry. The findings will be presented in this paper, organized in two sections. The first part starts with brief definitions of basic terminology, descriptions and categorization of technology acceptance models. The three most popular contemporary technology acceptance models(a) Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), (b) Diffusion of Innovation Theory (DOI), and (c) the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) are introduced here to lay the groundwork before they are compared and contrasted, which in turn forms the foundation for the second section. The second part delves into the evaluation of these three contemporary technology acceptance models. Literature in the area of technology acceptance in health care was examined to find the model that best fits in the health care industry.