Enablers Supporting the Implementation of Knowledge Management in the Healthcare of Pakistan

Karamat, Jawad; Tong, Shurong; Ahmad, Naveed; Waheed, Abdul; Mahmood, Kashif

doi:10.3390/ijerph15122816

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“…There are many barriers, enablers, and drivers that will influence its adoption. There have been very few studies in the area of KM in healthcare of developing countries [20,21]. This study was undertaken to check the quantitative influence of the variables on the adoption of KM in the healthcare of Pakistan.…”

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“…Analyzing the barriers, enablers and drivers of KM adoption plays a crucial role in understanding how to promote KM. However, research relating to the barriers, enablers and drivers of KM adoption in developing countries such as Pakistan has been inadequate, as suggested by different studies [20,21].…”

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“…ISM is a technique that helps in defining the relationships along with the hidden interrelationships that exist between the variables in complex systems and represents them in a hierarchical form. However, there is a little knowledge about the quantitative impact of different barriers, enablers and drivers on KM adoption in the healthcare sector [20,21]. Researcher and policy makers are not only interested in exploring barriers, enablers and drivers to KM adoption, but also which barriers hinder the KM adoption more and which enablers and drivers promote KM adoption more.…”

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Knowledge management (KM) adoption is crucial to integrating sustainable development within the healthcare sector. Different barriers, enablers, and drivers affect KM adoption. Identifying these barriers, enablers, and drivers and their role in KM adoption is the core of successful KM adoption. However, there is scarcity of studies applying quantitative models and combing barriers, enablers and drivers to check their effect on KM adoption, especially form a developing country’s perspective such as Pakistan. Therefore, this study explores the role of barriers, enablers and drivers on KM adoption in Pakistan. Healthcare professionals participated in the data collection process, and results were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The findings described that: (1) organizational and strategic barriers have significant negative association with KM adoption; (2) government related enablers have significant positive association with KM adoption; (3) healthcare related drivers, and performance-based drivers have significant positive association with KM adoption. This study concludes that government intervention to promote KM adoption is necessary especially in developing countries. These findings will be helpful for the healthcare professionals and policy makers to promote KM adoption in healthcare sector. Current study contributes to the healthcare literature and body of knowledge by providing the empirical evidence of checking the quantitative effect of barriers, enablers and drivers on KM adoption.

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“…Due to the realization of multiple advantages of KM implementation, GoP is also interested in implementing it. KM will provide the healthcare sector with a sustainable competitive advantage [1,35]. Pakistan has developed the National Health Vision (2016) [56], in which it has set targets for 2025 in order to improve its healthcare.…”

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“…Healthcare sustainability has captured great attention in the recent era globally, in view of economic and social crises that developing countries are recently facing. Therefore, it is necessary to generate value and integrate sustainability in the healthcare sector of developing countries—always considering the importance of all stakeholder demands [1]. Sustainable healthcare systems can be defined as “Systems which deliver high quality care and improved public health without exhausting natural resources or causing severe ecological damage” [2].…”

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Promoting Healthcare Sustainability in Developing Countries: Analysis of Knowledge Management Drivers in Public and Private Hospitals of Pakistan

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Investing in a sustainable future has no alternative; the healthcare sector in developing countries has failed to achieve sustainability objectives. Knowledge management (KM) is a concrete application of sustainability in healthcare, as organizations (hospitals) that manage their knowledge assets will gain sustainable competitive advantage. Several organizations in developed countries are moving towards the adoption of knowledge management so that they can manage their knowledge well and improve their performance. Due to the effective implementation of KM in developed countries, developing countries are also considering adopting KM in their healthcare. In this study, an attempt has been made to identify the drivers of KM adoption in public and private hospitals of Pakistan. With the help of an extensive literature review and expert opinion, the drivers were identified and a hierarchical structure was developed. Nineteen drivers were identified and screened out by experts. The experts identified the contextual relationships between the drivers during a brainstorming session. The hierarchical model of the drivers for KM in the healthcare of Pakistan was eventually developed using interpretive structural modeling (ISM). The structure has 10 levels, in which “developed competitive advantage” formed the foundation of the structure and “job creation” and “improvement in the reputation of healthcare” formed the topmost level. The “Matrices d’Impacts Croises Multiplication Appliqué a un Classement” (MICMAC) analysis classified the drivers by categorizing them according to their driving and dependence powers. One driver is identified as autonomous, six drivers as dependent, seven drivers as linkage, and five drivers as independent. The analysis of KM drivers will provide a good understanding of the interdependence and interactions between them and support the effect adoption of KM in developing countries especially in Pakistan.

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Uptake and Adoption of Sustainable Energy Technologies: Prioritizing Strategies to Overcome Barriers in the Construction Industry by Using an Integrated AHP‐TOPSIS Approach

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Energy conservation through sustainable energy technologies (SETs) in the construction industry is capturing considerable attention worldwide. However, the presence of challenges makes SETs implementation difficult, and hence to increase the effective adoption of SETs, potential strategies are essential to overcome challenges. The objective of this study is to identify and rank major strategies of SETs adoption in the construction sector to overcome its barriers. This study proposes an integrated framework based on two methodologies, fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) and fuzzy technique for order performance by similarity to an ideal solution (F‐TOPSIS), to prioritize major strategies to overcome SETs adoption barriers. Initially, obstacles and strategies are identified from a comprehensive literature review. Later, FAHP is utilized to obtain weights of various SETs barriers through pairwise comparison, and strategies are ranked by using F‐TOPSIS. The proposed methodology is empirically applied to the construction sector of developing countries. The integrated framework provides a detailed and effective decision‐making tool for uptake and adoption of SETs. Lastly, the robustness of the methodology is evaluated with the support of sensitivity analysis. Results indicate that government and economic barriers are the most critical barriers which can be overcome through cooperation of relevant authorities, financial assistance, and developing appropriate policies.

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Enablers Supporting the Implementation of Knowledge Management in the Healthcare of Pakistan

Cited by 26 publications

References 67 publications

Developing Sustainable Healthcare Systems in Developing Countries: Examining the Role of Barriers, Enablers and Drivers on Knowledge Management Adoption

Developing Sustainable Healthcare Systems in Developing Countries: Examining the Role of Barriers, Enablers and Drivers on Knowledge Management Adoption

Promoting Healthcare Sustainability in Developing Countries: Analysis of Knowledge Management Drivers in Public and Private Hospitals of Pakistan

Uptake and Adoption of Sustainable Energy Technologies: Prioritizing Strategies to Overcome Barriers in the Construction Industry by Using an Integrated AHP‐TOPSIS Approach

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