Digital Health Platforms in Saudi Arabia: Determinants from the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience

COVID-19 poses a significant burden to healthcare systems. Healthcare organisations with better health innovation infrastructures have faced a reduced burden and achieved success in curbing COVID-19. In Saudi Arabia, digital technologies have played a vital role in fighting SARS-CoV-2 transmission....

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Autores principales:	Saeed M. Alghamdi, Abdullah S. Alsulayyim, Jaber S. Alqahtani, Abdulelah M. Aldhahir
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	digital health health innovation COVID-19 Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5fc3015d35a6420aa22458551d52fe022021-11-25T17:45:25ZDigital Health Platforms in Saudi Arabia: Determinants from the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience10.3390/healthcare91115172227-9032https://doaj.org/article/5fc3015d35a6420aa22458551d52fe022021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/11/1517https://doaj.org/toc/2227-9032COVID-19 poses a significant burden to healthcare systems. Healthcare organisations with better health innovation infrastructures have faced a reduced burden and achieved success in curbing COVID-19. In Saudi Arabia, digital technologies have played a vital role in fighting SARS-CoV-2 transmission. In this paper, we aimed to summarise the experience of optimising digital health technologies in Saudi Arabia as well as to discuss capabilities and opportunities during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. A literature search was conducted up to September 2021 to document the experience of using DHTPs in Saudi Arabia in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. We also considered any published data, press briefings, and announcements by the MOH in Saudi Arabia. The findings were synthesised in narrative form. Health officials succeeded in optimising and maintaining a strategy to mitigate the spread of the virus via different digital technologies, such as mobile health applications, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. The quick digital response in Saudi Arabia was facilitated by governmental support and by considering users and technology determinants. Future research must concentrate on establishing and updating the guidelines for using DHTPs.Saeed M. AlghamdiAbdullah S. AlsulayyimJaber S. AlqahtaniAbdulelah M. AldhahirMDPI AGarticledigital healthhealth innovationCOVID-19MedicineRENHealthcare, Vol 9, Iss 1517, p 1517 (2021)
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spellingShingle	digital health health innovation COVID-19 Medicine R Saeed M. Alghamdi Abdullah S. Alsulayyim Jaber S. Alqahtani Abdulelah M. Aldhahir Digital Health Platforms in Saudi Arabia: Determinants from the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience
description	COVID-19 poses a significant burden to healthcare systems. Healthcare organisations with better health innovation infrastructures have faced a reduced burden and achieved success in curbing COVID-19. In Saudi Arabia, digital technologies have played a vital role in fighting SARS-CoV-2 transmission. In this paper, we aimed to summarise the experience of optimising digital health technologies in Saudi Arabia as well as to discuss capabilities and opportunities during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. A literature search was conducted up to September 2021 to document the experience of using DHTPs in Saudi Arabia in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. We also considered any published data, press briefings, and announcements by the MOH in Saudi Arabia. The findings were synthesised in narrative form. Health officials succeeded in optimising and maintaining a strategy to mitigate the spread of the virus via different digital technologies, such as mobile health applications, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. The quick digital response in Saudi Arabia was facilitated by governmental support and by considering users and technology determinants. Future research must concentrate on establishing and updating the guidelines for using DHTPs.
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title	Digital Health Platforms in Saudi Arabia: Determinants from the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience
title_short	Digital Health Platforms in Saudi Arabia: Determinants from the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience
title_full	Digital Health Platforms in Saudi Arabia: Determinants from the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience
title_fullStr	Digital Health Platforms in Saudi Arabia: Determinants from the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience
title_full_unstemmed	Digital Health Platforms in Saudi Arabia: Determinants from the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience
title_sort	digital health platforms in saudi arabia: determinants from the covid-19 pandemic experience
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
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Digital Health Platforms in Saudi Arabia: Determinants from the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience

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