Developing COVID-19 web and mobile web situation reporting applications for the state health authority

If Malaysia ends up entering the subsequent COVID-19 outbreak, many hospitals will no longer support the victims conveniently. There will be numerous victims around, and these hospitals will not have enough human resources. Exceptional ICT-based communication backbone should also be in place to fully recommend these hospitals day-to-day operations. For this reason, COVID-19 situational reporting web and mobile web applications were developed to assist the health professionals in the State of Sabah in doing their job with a high level of assurance. Several real-time technologies were put together as the foundation in developing these applications. This work-in-progress paper presents the design and development techniques employed in rapidly developing the COVID-19 situational reporting web and mobile web applications for State Health Authority of Sabah

Dissecting user requirements in developing information systems for the government agencies in less-developed region

Deciding on the need requirements of the users is one of the most challenging, and yet essential parts of the development of an information system (IS), particularly in the government agencies. Despite the rising significance of IS in the government agencies, only a limited effort has been made to identify the consequence of user needs, particularly less-developed regions. Most research efforts are found in developed or developing nations. This article presents the initial findings of an IS user needs of a leading government agency in the State of Sabah, Borneo