In spite of the advancement and variety of available mobile based applications, there is an eminent need to investigate the current position of the acceptance of those mobile health applications that are tailored towards the patients' medical information management and access. This paper explores and analysis the technology acceptance of the use of smart mobile phones from users' perceptions, viewpoint, and experience. The paper will focus on studies of the factors affecting the intention to use the smart mobile phone in the medical domain. Our proposed Mobile Technology Acceptance Model (Mo-HTAM) assessed the significance of the correlation between technology design, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness as independent factors and the intention to use m-Health services as the dependent factor.The correlation coefficient analysis indicated that there is a significant relationship between the major constructs. Rigorous analytical testing confirmed that there is a direct relationship between social, cultural and technological constructs with intention to use m-Health applications. The model indicated that a well-informed technology design will increase the intention to use m-Health application, and perceived usefulness is more significant to the intention to use m-health applications than the perceived ease of use.These findings indicated that intention to use mobile health informatics is formed by the perceptions of the user of m-Health technology design approach, especially in relation to the navigation and the data presentation on the mobile device.

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Purpose This paper aims to investigate how students’ attitude (SA), students’ subjective norms (SN), students’ knowledge sharing intentions (KSI) can contribute to the enhancement of knowledge sharing behaviour (KSB) among students at higher education institutes (HEI) in Oman. Design/methodology/approach This study follows the quantitative methodology and the deductive causal research approach. The data were conveniently collected through a Web-based questionnaire (Google forms) from 285 active students who are affiliated to Omani universities. SPSS was used to statistically analyse the collected data, including partial least square-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM V3.3) to draw the results. Findings The study concluded that SA has both direct and indirect positive impact on SN, KSI and KSB. Moreover, the result revealed that there is a mediation effect between SA and KSB through KSI, SA and KSI when SN is playing as a mediation role. Research limitations/implications Although this study contributes to the existing body of knowledge, this study is limited by the scarcity of the related literature in the Omani context. It is recommended that these shortfalls be addressed together while improving the knowledge-sharing behaviour among students and administrative staff. Furthermore, the potential variation between academic staff and students in terms of factors affecting their intentions to share knowledge within HEIs should be explored. Practical implications This research provides policymakers in academic fields with the appropriate approaches to leverage the knowledge-sharing behaviour amongst Omani students with the understanding of the main factors affecting individuals’ knowledge-sharing behaviours. Social implications This will help in improving the means of employing and practising knowledge-sharing strategies within HEIs, which can generate competitive advantages amongst students and institutions while benefiting knowledge management strategies and its members. Originality/value The importance of the study stems from its context being conducted in Oman as a developing country. In addition, this study is one of the initial attempts to investigate KSB by considering SA, SN and KSI and its applicability on HEI in Oman. The findings of the study can serve as inputs to HEI in developing best practices across KSB dimensions and expanding the knowledge-sharing culture amongst HEI’s students in Oman. One of the developed strategies is the spreading of the knowledge-sharing culture among students by positively directing their attitude towards the practices of knowledge exchange.