Paper Info
Title
eHealth in Saudi Arabia: Current Trends, Challenges and Recommendations.
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explore the current status of eHealth in Saudi Arabia from the perspective of health informatics professionals. We used a case study approach and analyzed participant data using thematic analysis. The study took place between July and August 2013. Data collection included interviews with nine senior health information professionals in Saudi Arabia. The findings describe participant views on current eHealth trends in Saudi Arabia and show differences among Saudi healthcare organizations in terms of eHealth adoption. Participants also describe the challenges relating to organizational and cultural issues, end user attitudes towards eHealth projects, and the lack of specialized human resources to implement eHealth systems. Two main recommendations made by the participants were to form a new national body for eHealth and to develop a unified plan for the implementation of Saudi eHealth initiatives.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.3233/978-1-61499-538-8-233
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Keywords
Field
DocType
eHealth,Saudi Arabia,Healthcare,Challenges
Health care,Cultural issues,Medical education,Thematic analysis,Data collection,End user,Human resources,Knowledge management,eHealth,Optometry,Health informatics,Medicine
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
213
0926-9630
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Khaled Alsulame100.34
Mohamed Khalifa2119.64
Mowafa S. Househ311631.32