Background: Hospitals are adopting electronic medical records (EMRs) in larger numbers; however, the barrier to derive its full utility is the low acceptance by physicians. Aims and Objectives: This study is done with an objective to identify the factors to overcome the barriers preventing the adoption of EMR by physicians. Materials and Methods: This study is cross sectional in natures and a self-administered questionnaire is developed based on the Technology Acceptance Model. Results: The four identified factors are positive attitude toward EMR, reliability, difficulty to use, and adaptability, these factors together, have explained 62.54 percent variance in the data set. Conclusion: The physician's acceptance for EMRs can be improved by focusing on the identified four factors, which are “positive attitude toward electronic medical records,” reliability of electronic medical records,” “difficulty level of use,” and “adaptability of electronic medical records.”

Since the 19 th century affluent patients from less developed parts of the world travelled to major European Medical Centres and United States for treatment unavailable in their own countries and for cutting -edge healthcare facilities. From the early 1990's there has been a reverse flow of patients from highly developed nations to less developed countries circumventing the health care services offered in their own land, where they are inaccessible , undesirable, with overburdened public health systems and long waiting periods. In the past decade the global healthcare market has grown exponentially in the South East Asian countries whereby patients accessing health care services beyond their borders are more than 5 million. This cross border access to health care is reaching proportions of US $ 40 billion with an annual growth rate of 20 percent where South Asian countries like Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and India are at the forefront primarily due to availability of manpower both skilled and unskilled, lower healthcare infrastructure and treatment costs. This paper entails the study of Singapore, Thailand and India reflecting the best practices in these countries in terms of stakeholders' perspective associated with international health tourism.

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The COVID-19 outbreak has greatly forced the education systems around the world to undergo rapid change. Given today's uncertainty, it is essential to understand students' online learning experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the fact that many studies were investigated in this area, there is limited available information about the barriers, challenges, and the difficulties students face during online learning. This paper studies the online learning platforms' utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic for students' engagement in the Medical Technology and Allied Healthcare education. This paper looks at studying the various benefits of imparting education through e-learning, identifying the challenges faced by learners, and measures the satisfaction levels of learners. From the study, it emerged that students' satisfaction index in using e-learning technologies is high for courses in Medical Technology and Allied Healthcare education.