UTAUT
Digital Health and AI
Definition. The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) explains technology adoption through performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence and facilitating conditions.
Explanation
Venkatesh and colleagues developed UTAUT by integrating eight earlier acceptance models, including TAM (Venkatesh et al., 2003). Age, gender, experience and voluntariness moderate the main relationships. In health research it is widely used to study clinicians’ and patients’ use of telehealth, electronic records and AI tools.
UTAUT adds organisational context that TAM lacks, especially facilitating conditions such as training and technical support. Extended versions often add trust, privacy concerns or perceived risk, which matter for health data.
Related concepts
Technology acceptance model (TAM) Telehealth Structural equation modeling (SEM) Digital transformation
References
Venkatesh, V., Morris, M. G., Davis, G. B., & Davis, F. D. (2003). User acceptance of information technology: Toward a unified view. MIS Quarterly, 27(3), 425–478. https://doi.org/10.2307/30036540
Cite this entry: Kurutkan, M. N. (2026). UTAUT. In The Health Topics glossary. https://healthtopic.org/glossary/utaut/