A structural equation modeling approach for the adoption of cloud computing to enhance the Malaysian healthcare sector systems-level quality improvement

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Ratnam, Kalai Anand ^a   Dominic, P D D ^a   Ramayah, T ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Health Information exchange; Healthcare; Structural equation modelling; System integration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLOUD COMPUTING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; COMPUTER SECURITY; COOPERATION; INTERNET; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SECURITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTERNET; MALAYSIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84904038962     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-014-0082-5     Document Type: Article

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