...Muhammad Salman Latif; Jian-Jun Wang; Mohsin Shahzad; Muhammad Mursil Purpose Online health communities (OHCs) have emerged on the Internet, substantially changing the conventional healthcare delivery model. Despite this emergence, the lack of patient participation and contribution always limits...

...Chen Chen; Hong Wu Purpose The advent of online live streaming platforms (OLSPs) and online health communities (OHCs) has expedited the integration of traditional medical services with Internet new media technology. Since the practice of physicians conducting live streaming is a relatively new...

...Manyang Zhang; Han Yang; Zhijun Yan; Lin Jia Purpose Doctor–medical institution collaboration (DMIC) services are an emerging service mode in focal online health communities (OHCs). This new service mode is anticipated to affect user satisfaction and doctors' engagement behaviors. However, whether...

...Chenglong Li; Hongxiu Li; Reima Suomi Purpose An empirical study investigated the antecedents to perceived usefulness (PU) and its consequences in the context of smoking cessation online health communities (OHCs). Design/methodology/approach To validate a research model for perceived...