An empirical study of the evolution of PHP MVC framework

Commercial, social and educational importance of web technology has tremendously increased research activities in web programming/scripting. Several methods for writing PHP codes such as Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Procedural PHP coding and Model View Controller (MVC) pattern have been proposed. Model View Controller (MVC) which is one of the most powerful method for developing PHP application has many variant such Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter, CakePHP etc. However, selection of best MVC framework among the variants is of concern to the programmers as well as project managers, especially when managing big applications. Hence, performance evaluation criterions are required. This paper discusses the MVC based most famous PHP frameworks, evaluate their performance and it was found that Laravel outperforms other MVC framework, hence Laravel is proposed as the most suitable PHP framework for future web technology

Internet of things-based smart facilities management services successful implementation instrument development, validity, and reliability

The purpose of Internet of Things-based Smart Facilities Management Services (IoTbSFMS) is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of facilities management services through improvement and innovation. Despite a common understanding that individual technology readiness and overall quality is an essential element in IoT-based technology success, there is a dearth of theoretical and empirical research on these elements as a facilitator of successful IoTbSFMS implementation. This study develops the IoTbSFMS validated instrument and proposes an integrated approach of instrument development through a multi-stage technique and rigorous statistical testing. Thirteen IoT experts had evaluated the content validity where two measurement items were excluded as per expert review's suggestion, which remaining 11 constructs and 58 measurement items. The process was followed by a pre-test assessment to determine the effectiveness of the measurement items. Finally, a pilot study assessment was conducted among 33 respondents. The collected data were analysed using SPSS25, Smart-PLS, and JASP software. As a result, the Content Validity Index (CVI) for the final IoTbSFMS constructs and items was deemed acceptable (CVI =0.82). The internal consistency reliability of the measurement instruments showed that the Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega for independent variables ranged from 0.682 to 0.989 and 0.685 to 0.989. These values suggest that all the constructs had acceptable validity and reliability. This paper contributes in encouraging researchers to look beyond the traditional approach in measuring the internal consistency reliability of the measurement instruments

ICT in telemedicine: conquering privacy and security issues in health care services

Advancement in telecommunication combined with improved information technology infrastructures has opened up new dimensions in e-health environment. Such technologies make readily available to access, store, manipulate and replicate medical information and images. These technologies help reduced the time and effort in diagnoses and treatment at lower cost. However, protection and authentication of such medical information and images are now becoming increasingly important in telemedicine environment, where images are readily distributed over electronic networks. Intruders/hackers may gain access to confidential information and possible alter or even delete such vital records. The ultimate success of telemedicine demands an effective technology as well as privacy and security of records should be main concern. This paper explores recent identified privacy and security issues that affect telemedicine. Featuring threats on security and authentication of medical records, and proposing digital watermarking as a technology to curb authentication issues in telemedicine is highlighted

Towards improving the healthcare services in least developed countries: a case of health needs assessment for telehealth in Yemen

Motivated by the need to improve the healthcare system in least developed countries, this paper aims to investigate the need for utilizing aspects of Telehealth by rural health facilities in Yemen as a case that represents the least developed countries. A qualitative approach has been adopted in this paper. The review of documents taken from the Yemeni Ministry of Public Health, among others, revealed the lack of health facilities, professionals, equipment, and funds; inequity in the distribution of health facilities, professionals, and equipment between urban and rural; and lack of unified health information system and unified database. The observation revealed three categories of needs: needs in the provision of healthcare services, health professionals’ needs; and needs in health management information. Analysis of the findings shows that Telehealth is appropriate solution and has the potential to improve the current health status by providing quality health services and exchange health information among rural areas in Yemen

An Investigation of IoT Importance and Viability of Health Records Retrieval using Electronic Tags in Pilgrimage

Healthcare services is one of most important domains in the world. One of most crucial aspects of healthcare services is the need to make accurate healthcare decisions at the right time. Retrieving useful historical health records of patients in real-time is necessary to provide accurate healthcare decisions. Traditional health record systems such as paperbased system require time and effort to collect, manage, and retrieve patients’ records. Electronic health record systems were adopted to allow healthcare staff to retrieve useful health records in real-time and consequently improve and speed up healthcare services. Although EHR is effective to serve patients in their local countries, the implementation of EHR for global purposes is still an issue and EHR is not always applicable for people who travel to other countries. One of the most important purposes for Muslims to travel is the pilgrimage journey to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to perform religious rites. The millions of pilgrims converging there may need healthcare services and these services should be accomplished accurately in real-time which require electronic-based historical health records approaches. This study aims to investigate the importance and viability of IoT implementati ons to support retrieval of pilgrims’ EHR using electronic tags. A questionnaire with 60 academic staff and interview with five experts from KSA were conducted to address the main aim of this study. The significance of the results shows that EHR supporting tag reading is a promising solution to enhance healthcare services and counter the challenges of EHR implementations in pilgrimage

Understanding health professionals' intention to use telehealth in Yemen: using the DeLone and McLean IS success model

Telehealth is considered as an innovative technology for enhancing healthcare systems in rural areas. Rural areas in Yemen are suffering from poor healthcare due to limited access of health services. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine Health Professionals’ intention to use Telehealth in Yemen. Delone and Mclean model has been developed by integrating indirect factor “Anxiety” from the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT). A quantitative approach based on self-administrated questionnaire has been deployed. SPSS has been used for analysis purposes. Results found that factors System quality, Information quality, Service quality, Net benefit and User satisfaction had a positive and significant impact on Intention to use Telehealth. The results revealed that the Health Professionals have intention to use the Telehealth to do their duties

Linking community of practices and open innovation through absorptive capacity: a conceptual framework for university-industry collaboration

Across organizations, community of practice (CoP) plays an important role for knowledge creation. This informal structure assists intra-community knowledge transfer which facilitates the learning or absorption of new knowledge. However, lack of research examines the role organizational absorptive capacity in assisting CoP towards open innovation. Based on resource based view and dynamic capabilities theory, this paper proposes a conceptual framework to investigate the relationship between CoP involvement and absorptive capacity and open innovation. This framework provides a sound basis for further research to shed light on the effects of R&D CoP with regards to university industry collaboration.Contributions to research and practice are discussed

System requirement specifications for a semantic knowledge management system for collaborative learning environment

In this study, a Semantic KMS Model is formulated to support collaborative learning environment based on ontology.A comprehensive review was conducted to identify the important components of existing models in Knowledge Management (KM), KMS and semantic areas, and a survey was conducted to finalize the important components of the proposed model.As a result, the proposed semantic KMS model consisted of six important components to support collaborative works; KM Processes, Ontology-based Knowledge Model, Semantic KM Features, Knowledge Quality, System Quality and KM Goals.A prototype, called Semantic KMS for Collaborative Learning was developed to illustrate how the model components are supporting KM processes in collaborative works based on the system requirement specifications described in this paper.The required modules of the semantic KMS are described in details and the ontology-based knowledge models are also presented

Knowledge management systems success model for healthcare : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Management Information Systems at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Appendix A removed due to copyright reasons: Ali, N., Whiddett, D., Tretiakov, A. & Hunter, I. (in press). The use of information technologies for knowledge sharing by secondary healthcare organisations in New Zealand. International Journal of Medical Informatics. doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.02.011Healthcare professionals depend on access to high quality, up-to-date, contextualized knowledge to create optimal healthcare outcomes for their patients. They rely on information technology to create, capture, and transfer knowledge. Ad hoc or formal information systems employing information technology to facilitate knowledge management are known as knowledge management systems (KMS). Even though the importance of KMS for healthcare organisations is frequently emphasized in the literature, there is a dearth of empirical studies of the system and organisational factors contributing to the success of KMS in healthcare. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to (a) formulate a model explaining the success of KMS in the healthcare context by taking into account both system and organisational factors, and to (b) validate the model by testing it against empirical data. A KMS success model for healthcare was formulated by adapting and extending the KMS success model of Kulkarni et al. (2007) (based on the DeLone and McLean, 2003, IS success model) to accommodate the specifics of the healthcare context. The model includes leadership, incentives, culture of sharing, and subjective norm as organisational factors; knowledge content quality, system quality, and perceived security as system factors relating to specific aspects of the system; and perceived usefulness and user satisfaction as system factors relating to user perceptions of the system overall. KMS use for sharing and KMS use for retrieval were used as the outcome variables—proxy variables for KMS success. The KMS success model for healthcare was tested using a quantitative, cross-sectional survey involving all doctors practicing in two mid-sized cities in New Zealand: 525 doctors in Hamilton and 639 doctors in Wellington. The survey yielded a 25 percent response rate. Partial least squares structural equation modelling was used to test the model against the data. The model explained 31 percent of the variance in KMS use for sharing and 58 percent of the variance in KMS use for retrieval, suggesting an acceptable model fit. Of the organisational factors, leadership had the strongest total effects on both KMS use for sharing (ß = 0.169) and KMS use for retrieval (ß = 0.169). Incentive, however, affected KMS use for sharing only (ß = 0.145). The rest of the organisational factors had no effects. Of the system factors relating to specific aspects of the system, knowledge content quality had the strongest effects on both the outcome variables (ß = 0.275 for KMS use for sharing and ß = 0.471 for KMS use for retrieval). System quality had much weaker effects (ß = 0.094 and ß = 0.175, respectively), and perceived security had no effect. As to the system factors relating to user perceptions of the system overall, perceived usefulness strongly affected both of the outcome variables (ß = 0.435 and ß = 0.664), but user satisfaction affected only KMS use for retrieval (ß = 0.208). Thus, the findings of the present study suggest that both system and organisational factors affect KMS use in healthcare, with system factors having stronger effects than organisational factors. The effects on KMS use for sharing clearly differed from the effects on KMS use for retrieval, suggesting that KMS use in KMS success studies should be treated as a two-dimensional construct. The findings of the present study suggest that managers at healthcare organisations should visibly and directly support KMS use and should focus on knowledge content quality as the most important aspect of KMS

Investigation of medical identity theft in healthcare sector: its statistics, effects and way out.

Information Technology is reaching all angles of the healthcare sector in the form of electronic diagnosis, surgery consultation and medical records. With the current trends in information and communication technology in healthcare system, such as the cloud computing and ubiquitous computing, where small computers are being embedded in almost every day object around us using both mobile devices as well as wireless connections for recording, storage and delivery of medical data, the possibly of attack on these records becomes more likely. As a result, intruders has the potential to alter, steal or destroy individual medical or health insurance records, alter computer-based prescriptions at pharmacies to life-threatening doses, or make private medical condition public. Consequently, leading to negative social and psychological effects on the affected individuals. The medical identity theft may lead to wrong diagnosis and wrong decision taken on the patient, some of which may be a life threatening cases. In addition, it cost some hospitals billions of law suits. Therefore, medical identity theft (MIDT) in healthcare needs to be investigated. In this paper, MIDT statistics is explored, it’s effects and the possible ways of solving the MIDT problem