Purpose Metaverse is a virtual application spawned by digital technology that is becoming
increasingly relevant to our lives. However, for the opportunities created and challenges …

Drawing from trust transfer theory, this study investigates cognitive trust and emotional trust
transfer from web payment (WP) to mobile payment (MP) services with the emphasis on the …

Virtual communities form the principal environment favoring provider-client interaction.
However, questions regarding the way to manage these communities so that they might …

This study investigates the effects of information technology (IT) identity on the use of
personal health devices (PHDs). We conducted an online survey of individuals who used a …

Recent years have witnessed the rapid growth of an emerging digital healthcare service–
online medical consultation (OMC). Despite its popularity, many OMC platforms have …

Purpose The purpose of this research is to draw on the elaboration likelihood model (ELM)
to examine users' information adoption intention in online health communities (OHC) …

Background As a type of donation-based crowdfunding, medical crowdfunding has
gradually become an important way for patients who have difficulty paying medical bills to …

Purpose Although knowledge sharing in online communities has been studied for many
years, little is known about the determinants for individuals' knowledge sharing in online …

Purpose Health information exchange (HIE) initiatives utilize sharing mechanisms through
which health information is mostly transmitted without a patient's close supervision; thus …

The COVID-19 pandemic boosted the digital transformation of many services, including
healthcare, and access to medical care using teleconsultation has increased rapidly. Thus, a …