RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Electronic-health in Saudi Arabia. Just around the corner?
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 171
OP 178
VO 29
IS 2
A1 Altuwaijri, Majid M.
YR 2008
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/29/2/171.abstract
AB The Saudi health sector has witnessed significant progress in recent decades with some local hospitals receiving international recognition. However, this has not been accompanied by advancement of the electronic-health e-health field, whose applications have become a necessity for hospitals to achieve certain objectives such as enhancing the quality of healthcare, and reducing the time and cost for healthcare delivery. In this paper we investigate the advancement of e-health in the world and in Saudi Arabia. A new model for e-health diffusion in Saudi Arabia is also proposed.