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ArticleFrontiers in digital health2026

Information technology acceptance and adoption in the telemedicine sector: a case of Mobile health apps.

Bareeq AlGhannam, Mariam Alsabah, Shaikhah Alainati, Ahmad Alsaber, Faisal AlReshaid, Omar AlHussainan, Omer Gibreel, Mohammad Alkandari

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Article in Frontiers in digital health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Bareeq AlGhannamComputer Department, College of Business Studies, The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Mariam AlsabahFinance Department, College of Business and Entrepreneurship, Abdullah Al Salem University, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Shaikhah AlainatiManagement Department, College of Business Studies, Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET), Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Ahmad AlsaberManagement Department, College of Business and Economics, American University of Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Faisal AlReshaidManagement Department, College of Business and Economics, American University of Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Omar AlHussainanCenter for Financial Studies, UniSA Business, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Omer GibreelCollege of Business, Department of Management Information Systems, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Mohammad AlkandariFaculty of Health & Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Pharmaceutical care can be improved via mobile health (mHealth) applications (apps); however, the engagement of these apps depends on healthcare providers' acceptance. Thus, identifying barriers and facilitators to utilizing mHealth apps is needed to develop and facilitate their use. Objective: The objective of this research was to investigate the various elements that influence the acceptability and utilization of mHealth apps in the delivery of pharmaceutical care services, as perceived by pharmacists working in the government health sector of Kuwait. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted, and the results were used in the mobile health technology acceptance model (m-TAM) to measure the behavioral intentions of pharmacists with regard to the acceptance and use of mHealth apps. Results: Multiple elements influence the behavioral intention of pharmacists to use mHealth apps, including Compatibility (CO), Performance Expectancy (PE), Personal Innovativeness (PI) and Effort Expectancy (EE) were statistically significant predictors. The mediating role of PE was found to be statistically significant in the link between CO and BI and in the association between EE and BI. The substantial mediation effects of Effort Expectancy (EE) and Performance Expectancy (PE) were seen in the three associations between job-related mental demands (MA) and burnout (BI), professional identity (PI) and burnout (BI), and perceived social support at work (PSA) and Behavioural Intention (BI). The results further demonstrate that EE substantially mediates the connections between MA and PE, MSE and PE, PI and PE, and PSA and PE. Conclusions: These results suggest that the acceptance of mHealth apps by pharmacists in Kuwait is multifaceted and requires evaluating a chain of effects. As a result, developing apps that provide pharmaceutical care requires consideration of each one of these factors. Results can direct policymakers and stakeholders in their efforts to implement mHealth in Kuwait.

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healthcare serviceKuwaitmobile health applicationpharmacisttechnology acceptance

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PMID41778009
PMCPMC12951316

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