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Healthcare professionals’ perceptions of electronic medical record privacy and its impact on work quality in Riyadh hospitals

Alaa A. Qashqari, Dunya S. Almutairi, Soukaina A. Ennaceur, Nesren S. Farhah and Mohammed A. Almohaithef
Saudi Medical Journal March 2025, 46 (3) 299-306; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2025.46.3.20240928
Alaa A. Qashqari
From the Department of Physical Therapy (Qashqari), Security Forces Hospital, from the Non Invasive Cardiology Laboratory (Almutairi), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, from the Department of Health Informatics (Farhah); from the Department of Public Health (Almohaithef), Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh, and from the Department of Public Health (Ennaceur), Saudi Electronic University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Dunya S. Almutairi
From the Department of Physical Therapy (Qashqari), Security Forces Hospital, from the Non Invasive Cardiology Laboratory (Almutairi), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, from the Department of Health Informatics (Farhah); from the Department of Public Health (Almohaithef), Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh, and from the Department of Public Health (Ennaceur), Saudi Electronic University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Soukaina A. Ennaceur
From the Department of Physical Therapy (Qashqari), Security Forces Hospital, from the Non Invasive Cardiology Laboratory (Almutairi), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, from the Department of Health Informatics (Farhah); from the Department of Public Health (Almohaithef), Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh, and from the Department of Public Health (Ennaceur), Saudi Electronic University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Nesren S. Farhah
From the Department of Physical Therapy (Qashqari), Security Forces Hospital, from the Non Invasive Cardiology Laboratory (Almutairi), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, from the Department of Health Informatics (Farhah); from the Department of Public Health (Almohaithef), Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh, and from the Department of Public Health (Ennaceur), Saudi Electronic University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed A. Almohaithef
From the Department of Physical Therapy (Qashqari), Security Forces Hospital, from the Non Invasive Cardiology Laboratory (Almutairi), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, from the Department of Health Informatics (Farhah); from the Department of Public Health (Almohaithef), Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh, and from the Department of Public Health (Ennaceur), Saudi Electronic University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Medical Journal Mar 2025, 46 (3) 299-306; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2025.46.3.20240928

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Saudi Medical Journal Mar 2025, 46 (3) 299-306; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2025.46.3.20240928
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