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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2021

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

Saeed M Alghamdi, Abdullah S Alsulayyim, Jaber S Alqahtani, Abdulelah M Aldhahir

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 authors.

Saeed M AlghamdiRespiratory Care Program, Clinical Technology Department, College of Applied Health Science, Umm Al Qura University, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6677-1110
Abdullah S AlsulayyimNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BX, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3922-0548
Jaber S AlqahtaniUCL Respiratory, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1795-5092
Abdulelah M AldhahirRespiratory Therapy Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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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PMCPMC8618772

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