%0 Conference Paper
%A Sarlan, A.B.
%A Ahmad, R.B.
%A Wan Ahmad, W.F.B.
%A Dominic, P.D.D.
%D 2011
%F scholars:1566
%K Business strategy; Computerized systems; Data collection; Internet access; Malaysia; Paperless; Research progress, Health care; Industry; Information technology; Research; Strategic planning; Sustainable development, Electric energy storage
%R 10.1109/NatPC.2011.6136292
%T Information technology in SMEs private healthcare
%U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/1566/
%X This research intents to study Information Technology (IT) utilization and business strategy at small, medium and enterprise (SMEs) private clinics in Malaysia. The research includes investigating the SMEs private clinics staff literacy level, IT utilization, their perception towards computerized system and their type of business strategy. Surveys have been conducted at 120 SMEs private clinics around Perak. The objective of this paper is to report on the research progress which briefly covers descriptive data analysis and result from data collection. Generally, most of SMEs private clinics have computer with internet access installed in their clinics but utilization is limited to their personal used only. It is also found that very small number of the SMEs having paperless system © 2011 IEEE.
%Z cited By 1; Conference of 3rd National Postgraduate Conference - Energy and Sustainability: Exploring the Innovative Minds, NPC 2011 ; Conference Date: 19 September 2011 Through 20 September 2011; Conference Code:88531