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 Volume 8, Issue 6 (June 2021), Pages: 1-10

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 Review Paper

 Title: Electronic-health in Saudi Arabia: A review

 Author(s): Muteb H. Alshammari *

 Affiliation(s):

 Department of Health Informatics, College of Public Health and Health Informatics, University of Ha'il, Ha'il, Saudi Arabia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6729-1944

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2021.06.001

 Abstract:

Different nations across the world are attempting to embrace e-health as a platform for transforming healthcare delivery. This review focuses on the state of e-health in KSA, including studies on trends and current technologies employed in e-health. It has been determined in this paper that even though e-health is being implemented in Saudi Arabia, the rate of implementation is quite slow, and it seems to lag behind the rate that was desired and envisioned. Additionally, some challenges hinder the adoption and effective implementation of e-health, including lack of awareness, lack of talented workforce, and ineffective planning. It has been determined that if these challenges are overcome, then e-health can be adapted efficiently. 

 © 2021 The Authors. Published by IASE.

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

 Keywords: E-health, Implementation of e-health, Saudi e-health, E-health challenges, E-health benefits

 Article History: Received 9 November 2020, Received in revised form 31 January 2021, Accepted 9 February 2021

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

  Alshammari MH (2021). Electronic-health in Saudi Arabia: A review. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 8(6): 1-10

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