Kalai Anand Ratnam

A Structural Equation Modeling Approach for the Adoption of Cloud Computing to Enhance the Malaysian Healthcare Sector

The investments and costs of infrastructure, communication, medical-related equipments, and software within the global healthcare ecosystem portray a rather significant increase. The emergence of this proliferation is then expected to grow. As a result, information and cross-system communication became challenging due to the detached independent systems and subsystems which are not connected. The overall model fit expending over a sample size of 320 were tested with structural equation modelling (SEM) using AMOS 20.0 as the modelling tool. SPSS 20.0 is used to analyse the descriptive statistics and dimension reliability. Results of the study show that system utilisation and system impact dimension influences the overall level of services of the healthcare providers. In addition to that, the findings also suggest that systems integration and security plays a pivotal role for IT resources in healthcare organisations. Through this study, a basis for investigation on the need to improvise the Malaysian healthcare ecosystem and the introduction of a cloud computing platform to host the national healthcare information exchange has been successfully established.

The factors associating the adoption of cloud computing: an enhancement of the healthcare ecosystem in Malaysia

The global healthcare industry is continuing to grow, and it is important to realise that healthcare providers will have to continue to invest in IT-based systems to improve overall operations and cross system communications. The study focuses on the relationships between healthcare providers, IT resources and health insurance providers in determining the adoption of cloud computing. The results obtained as result of this study shows that IT resources significantly influence healthcare providers and health insurance providers. The efficiency and clinical services can be improvised with the adoption of the cloud. The findings of this study are presented with reliability analysis, descriptive, factor loading, regression and correlations for IT capability in healthcare services, structural equation modelling is used to determining the overall model fit. Structural equation modelling (SEM) using AMOS 20.0 is used for model fit testing and SPSS 20.0 is used for analysing the descriptive statistics, hypothesis and assumptions for SEM.

Adoption of cloud computing to enhance the healthcare services in Malaysia

The global healthcare industry is continuing to grow, and it is important to realize that healthcare providers will have to continue to invest in IT based systems to improve overall operations and cross system communications. The study focuses on the relationships between healthcare providers, IT resources and health insurance providers in determining the adoption of cloud computing. The results obtained as result of this study shows that IT resources significantly influences healthcare providers and health insurance providers. The efficiency and clinical services can be improvised with the adoption of the cloud. The findings of this study are presented with reliability analysis, descriptive, factor loading, regression and correlations for IT capability in healthcare services, structural equation modelling is used to determining the overall model fit. Structural equation modelling (SEM) using AMOS 20.0 is used for model fit testing and SPSS 20.0 is used for analysing the descriptive statistics, hypothesis and assumptions for SEM.

Agile Analytics: Applying in the Development of Data Warehouse for Business Intelligence System in Higher Education

Majority of the Higher Learning Institutions are being implemented with information management systems for all the core activities ranging from admission, registration, alumni, graduate and academy operations. The data generated by these integrated information systems are transactional in nature and has been increasing exponentially. However, the use and value of the data has not been fully explored for driving decision-making process. This paper explores the importance of Agile Analytics in Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse development among Higher Learning Institutions. The paper concludes by outlining future directions relating to the development and implementation of an institutional project on data analytics.

Factors associating the IT capability in healthcare services and its perceived transformation impact

Healthcare providers in Malaysia are facing the challenges linking clinical administrative processes to ensure that an effective collaboration and efficient delivery of care are in place. The challenge is influenced by the state of the current health information technology HIT infrastructure and hospital information and management systems HIMS deployed across hospitals in Malaysia that are typically confined within a particular healthcare provider without any sort of sharing and integration across other healthcare service providers and its associates. With these challenges identified, the study attempts to examine the factors associating the perceived transformation impact within the context of the healthcare sector in Malaysia. The findings of this study involves a survey being carried out with a total 564 participants with the responses being screened with IBM SPSS 20.0. Structural equation modelling SEM using AMOS 20.0 was adopted to test all latent factors of the research model and it resulted in a relatively good fit. The overall empirical findings as a result from this study suggests that healthcare providers can be relieved supporting complex in house IT infrastructures by leveraging on the proposed private cloud national health information exchange.

The Associating Factors and Outcomes of Green Supply Chain Management Implementation – From the Technological and Non-technological Perspectives

The ISO 140001 manufacturing firms in Malaysia are contributing towards the problems in regards to environment sustainability as result of significant amount of energy and waste being generated. ISO 14001 is essentially a certification for the best practices been adopted for environmental management. Despite being certified with environmental related accreditation, the implementation of green practices in the scope of supply chain among the firms are inadequate. With the above challenges, the study on Green Supply Chain Management (Green SCM) in relation to eco-friendly information technology solution will be investigated. The study will establish the driving factors and performance outcomes associated with the implementation of Green SCM. The significant relationships between the constructs explains the inputs which are represented with a TOE Framework. The measurement of the theoretical framework yields that Green SCM positively influences both the environmental and technological performance outcomes of the respective firms. As part of the practical implication, the study contributes towards a guideline for firms intending to adopt green practices.

The Role of Green IT and IT for Green Within Green Supply Chain Management: A Preliminary Finding from ISO14001 Companies in Malaysia

The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of Information Technology and Information System for Environmental Sustainability in Green Supply Chain Management within the context of manufacturing firms in Malaysia. More specifically, the pilot findings reveal that Green IS related activities among manufacturing firms in Malaysia are present, but measuring the extent of overall effectiveness of Green IS practices is not being carried out adequately. The data collection instrument used for the pilot study was distributed to the management team of 50 organizations and only 32 responses were received. With a response rate of 64 % for the pilot study, the results of the preliminary analysis indicates that manufacturing organizations in Malaysia are practicing green in Malaysia, but have yet to track and audit the exact energy efficiency level.