Barriers affecting the green transformation process in healthcare organizations

Abstract

ABSTRACT This paper aims to ‘identify’, ‘analyse’, and ‘categorise’ the barriers affecting the green transformation process in healthcare using Total Interpretive Structural Modelling (TISM) and MICMAC analysis. The TISM technique was utilized to determine how the components interacted and the green transformation process barriers criteria were ranked and categorized using the MICMAC method. This study identified 11 barriers to green transformation process in healthcare organizations. The key factors identified in this study are inadequate strategic planning, financial barriers, and high technology adoption cost, information barriers, international issues in healthcare environmental sustainability, lack of supportive atmosphere. The TISM technique for healthcare is proposed in this paper as a novel attempt to address the subject of green transformation process barriers. This research will aid key stakeholders and academics in the better understanding the barriers affecting the green transformation process in healthcare organizations.