Digital Healthcare Innovation and Development in Saudi Arabia During and Beyond Covid-19

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ID19450232
AuthorsAbdulaziz Ahmed Abdulaziz (Abdulaziz Ahmed Abdulaziz, King Faisal Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia & Prince Mohammed bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship, Saudi Arabia.), Abdulelah Marwan Algosaibi (Abdulelah Marwan AlGosaibi, Ernst & Young & Prince Mohammed bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship, Saudi Arabia.), Abdullah Saad Alquhaibi (Abdullah Saad AlQuhaibi, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia & Prince Mohammed bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship, Saudi Arabia.), Fatimah Nuri Alali (Fatimah Nuri AlAli, Saudi Aramco & Prince Mohammad bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship, Saudi Arabia.), Mohammed Sami Almutawaa (Mohammed Sami AlMutawaa, Prince Mohammed bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship, Saudi Arabia.), Muhammad Azam Roomi (0000-0001-6633-2313, Muhammad Azam Roomi, Prince Mohammed bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship, Saudi Arabia.), Yasser Bhatti (0000-0001-5284-0261, Prince Mohammad Bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship, corresponding author), Yasser Ahmad Bhatti (Yasser Ahmad Bhatti (Corresponding author), Prince Mohammed bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship, Saudi Arabia.)
Year2023
Volume28
Issue3
Pages370-386
Publication date2023-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScience Technology and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0971-7218 • E-ISSN: 0973-0796
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/09717218231178229
OpenAlexW4382654369
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited25

COVID-19 forced many nations, including the largest country in the Arabian Gulf region, Saudi Arabia, to fast-track the adoption of new technologies and work practices to cope with the pandemic. We find the Saudi Ministry of Health (SMoH), in less than a year, introduced several innovations to transform healthcare planning, management and delivery. We reflect on these changes in the Saudi Arabian context and suggest what needs to be done next to retain the developmental momentum generated in the innovation system beyond the pandemic for sustainable and positive impact on the healthcare system. To do so, the Ministry should regularly assess the appetite for change, prioritise problems and areas of intervention, collect evidence of need and impact, build confidence by educating the public and healthcare professionals about the importance of adapting to new ways and methods of healthcare delivery, collaborate with the private sector to efficiently sustain these advancements and gain the public’s trust through stakeholder participation

Business · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Health care · Pandemic · Political science · Public relations · Stakeholder · Engineering · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Medicine · Organizational and Employee Performance · Marketing

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