Doctoral thesis of Philosophy: Healthcare information systems assimilation: the Malaysian experience

This research is qualitative, adopting an exemplar single case study approach with more than one unit of analysis embedded within the case. This research also takes an interpretivist view with the aim of developing concepts, confirming or refuting theory, drawing from specific implications and the contribution of rich insights. A public hospital in Malaysia currently operating with an end-to-end hospital IS/IT was selected as the case to explore the key elements that contribute to the success of assimilating HIS. The conceptual model of this research was built from the concepts of innovation assimilation theories, technology-organisation-environment framework and resource based view of the firm.