The role of Information systems (IS) in our life is so commons and it is also required to be used anywhere, on any platforms, and anytime nowadays especially in relation to combating the pandemic of coronavirus (Covid-19) to sustain the quality of our life. The COVID-19 pandemic has put health systems, economies and societies under unprecedented situation, calling for innovative approaches. Governments have intensively depended on IS to promote public health. During the COVID-19 pandemic, “contact tracing apps” for smartphones have also been promoted in many countries as a way to allow officials to facilitate contact tracing. In line with our discussion and research work purposes in this article, we take into consideration the application that is introduced by the Ministry of Health (MoH) called MySejahtera. The system has several functionalities which are starting from user registration, identify the hotspot Covid-19, check-in into selected premises in controlling contact tracing of the Covid-19. However, the functionalities are quite very subjective. Therefore, this paper is developed in order to propose a comprehensive model of IS and its functionalities in combating the pandemic of coronavirus (covid-19) environment. To achieve this purpose, a review and analysis of the literature based on their importance in related IS and its functionality has been performed. Furthermore, using this IS model in relation to combat the Covid-19, the citizen or anyone who used or applied this IS can always be aware of the importance based on its functionalities comprehensively and significantly.
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In-Text Citation: (Abdullah & Qasem, 2021)
To Cite this Article: Abdullah, R., & Qasem, Y. A. M. (2021). The Information System Model in Combating the Pandemic of Coronavirus (Covid-19) Environment: The Case of Mysejahtera. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(19), 241–247.
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