Innovation in the Public Sector in the Digital Era (A Study of the Process Diffusion of SIMPUS in Yogyakarta)

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10.2991/icss-18.2018.35How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Innovation in the public sector, innovation diffusion process

Abstract

In Indonesia, innovation is associated with the utilization of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the process of public administration. The most important thing in doing an innovation is the process of innovation diffusion. The purpose of this research was to know and describe the process of diffusion of innovation, strategy and success factor in the process of diffusion of SIMPUS innovation in Yogyakarta City. This research was conducted at the Government of Yogyakarta City with a unit of analysis of the Health Department and all health centers. The results of this research indicate that the form of innovation of SIMPUS application is the innovation of technology-based administration process in health service made by Section Surveillant and SIK Yogyakarta City Health Office. The goal for data integration throughout health center implemented gradually from 2011 to 2013 at all health centers that is 18 central health centers and 12 auxiliary health centers. The process of diffusion of SIMPUS innovation does not occur incidentally but can be traced through the stages of the diffusion process that occurs, where at each stage are done various strategies both formal and informal. The study recommends innovators in the public sector to learn from the diffusion process frameworks, strategies and factors that influence the success of the innovation diffusion process.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Deby Febriyan Eprilianto
AU  - Fitrotun Niswah
AU  - Ms Meirinawati
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TI  - Innovation in the Public Sector in the Digital Era (A Study of the Process Diffusion of SIMPUS in Yogyakarta)
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Social Sciences (ICSS 2018)
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