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Telemedicine Practice in Saudi Arabia During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Understanding Telemedicine: Measuring Beneficiaries' Satisfaction and Key Call Metrics in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Journal of patient experience · 2025Article
- Healthcare Providers' Experience with Saudi Arabia's 937 Virtual Medical Call Centers and Telehealth.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- Assessing Tele-Oral Medicine in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study on Specialists' Experiences and Effectiveness in Oral Healthcare.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Impact of COVID-19 on pediatric emergency fellowship training in Saudi Arabia.International journal of emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Perceived Knowledge, Attitudes, and Barriers Toward the Adoption of Telemedicine Services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
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- Telemedicine Acceptability Among Patients of Primary Health Care Clinics in the Western Region, Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2023Article
- Impact of a Video-Based Educational Intervention on the Levels of Knowledge and Concerns about COVID-19 Vaccination.Vaccines · 2023Article
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- Health care professionals' knowledge and attitudes toward telemedicine.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Perception of Healthcare Providers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Method Survey in an Integrated Healthcare Delivery System in Saudi Arabia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- mHealth App Barriers, Usability, and Personalization: A Cross-Sectional Study from Egypt and Saudi Arabia.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Healthcare Providers' Perception and Barriers Concerning the Use of Telehealth Applications in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The worldwide impact of telemedicine during COVID-19: current evidence and recommendations for the future.Connected health · 2022Article
- The role of the COVID-19 pandemic in expediting digital health-care transformation: Saudi Arabia's experience.Informatics in medicine unlocked · 2022Review
- Physicians' Perspective of Telemedicine Regulating Guidelines and Ethical Aspects: A Saudi Experience.International journal of telemedicine and applications · 2022Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesThe COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increased use of telemedicine. The primary objective of the study was to evaluate attitudes and behaviors of licensed physicians in the region to telemedicine. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional design using an electronic survey as the primary tool was done. The questionnaire had a demographic component of the respondent (first part), covering age, specialty, and experience with telemedicine during the COVID pandemic, and a second part, which was in the form of a Likert scale, covering perceptions related to telemedicine. The Likert scale itself had two main areas: (1) attitudes toward telemedicine and (2) perceived barriers.
resultsThere were 392 valid responses of which 228 (58.1%) had used some form of telemedicine (other than standard phone calls) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The most common platforms used for telemedicine include WhatsApp
conclusionsThe responses from our study seem to suggest that while the attitudes toward telemedicine are positive, practicing physicians are concerned about a perceived lack of clarity regarding related legal frameworks and barriers such as technological issues, cultural factors, and diagnostic concordance.
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