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Purpose: This paper aims to identify the interaction of different intervention strategies implemented in Malaysia towards flattening the curve of COVID-19 cases. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, many approaches were adopted and implemented by the Malaysian government. Some strategies gained quick wins but with negative unintended consequences after execution, whereas other strategies were slow to take effect. Learning from the previous strategies is pivotal to avoid repeating mistakes. Design/methodology/approach: This paper presents the cause, effect of and connection among the implemented COVID-19 intervention strategies using systems thinking through the development of a causal loop diagram. It enables the visualisation of how each implemented strategy interacted with each other and collectively decreased or increased the spread of COVID-19. Findings: The results of this study suggested that it is not only essential to control the spread of COVID-19, but also to prevent the transmission of the virus. The Malaysian experience has demonstrated that both control and preventive strategies need to be in a state of equilibrium. Focusing only on one spectrum will throw off the balance, leaving COVID-19 infection to escalate rapidly. Originality/value: The developed feedback loops provided policy makers with the understanding of the merits, pitfalls and dynamics of prior implemented intervention strategies before devising other effective intervention strategies to defuse the spread of COVID-19 and prepare the nation for recovery. © 2023, Jack Kie Cheng, Fazeeda Mohamad, Puteri Fadzline M. Tamyez, Zetty Ain Kamaruzzaman, Maizura Mohd Zainudin and Faridah Zulkipli.
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Health Information Technology such as Mobile Health Record Management (MHRM) and Electronic Health Record (EHR) depend on each other in maintaining the patients’ medical record. For maintaining trust specifically in health information technology development, the relationship among the patients, providers and clinicians needs to be maintained. The present study consists of the understanding of the importance of the trusted elements of mobile health (mHealth) record management implementation in government hospitals. Covid-19 pandemic situation force obeying the technological approach in healthcare delivery. Technology gives a big impact on healthcare industry that deals with confidential data and human life. The increased use of mobile in records management in the wrong way leads the practitioner and communities towards poor quality, security problems, and meaningless data. To fulfil this objective, the conceptual framework has been developed by producing the trust elements for the implementation of mHealth apps in hospitals. Secondary data have been used and analyses to justify evolved on correlating the existing literature and the analyses data. Five trusted elements for MHRM have been found: Governance, Professional skills and competency, Mobile Health Records Management (MHRM), Sustainability and, Technological. This paper has evolved the use of electronic health organizations for the accessibility of trust data and timely access. The involvement success factors of trust elements avoid the petty problem, and inefficient process but giving users convenient and instant access to patients' records © 2021. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications.All Rights Reserved