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SMART WEARABLE HEALTHCARE DEVICES: PERSONAL HEALTH CARE COMPANION, CURRENT AND FUTURE CONSUMER ADOPTION STATUS

Author(s): DR. MUDITA SINHA & DR. LEENA N FUKEY

Abstract

Healthcare wearable devices are gaining momentum in this era of digitalization as these devices enable an individual to monitor their health on a regular basis with the inbuilt capability of tracking the individual’s health and the allied fitness activities. When the adoption of wearable devices is considered it came into light that the adoption of wearable devices is quite less as compared to other smart devices as smart and trending phones. Now a days, manufacturers and designers are depicting increased interest to understand the factors influencing in adopting of these technologies which in turn will help them improve the features and desirability of wearable devices in order to create sensation among consumers and win them over. Due to the privacy issues and concerns involved with these devices the users are facing a trade-off between the perceived risk and the perceived benefit associated with it. The goal of this chapter is to review and synthesize the literature of consumer’s adoption of healthcare wearable technologies and associated factors along with it.

Keywords: wearable technology, healthcare wearable devices, technology acceptance theories, privacy risks

JEL Classification: I1, M3, P36

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