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Factors influencing decision making for implementing e-health in light of the COVID-19 outbreak in Gulf Cooperation Council countries
BACKGROUND: Electronic health (e-health) approaches such as telemedicine, mobile health, virtual healthcare and electronic health records are considered to be effective in increasing access to healthcare services, reducing operational costs and improving the quality of healthcare services during the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7928822/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33626155 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihab003 |
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description | BACKGROUND: Electronic health (e-health) approaches such as telemedicine, mobile health, virtual healthcare and electronic health records are considered to be effective in increasing access to healthcare services, reducing operational costs and improving the quality of healthcare services during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, a pandemic resulting from the spread of a novel coronavirus discovered in December 2019. In this context, the aim of this study was to identify the most important factors influencing decision making on the implementation of e-health in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates), which are in the process of digitizing healthcare services. METHODS: This study reviewed the literature to identify the important factors influencing decision making on e-health. In addition, a questionnaire-based survey was conducted in order to identify the most important criteria to be considered in decision making on e-health. The survey link was forwarded to 978 healthcare practitioners and 42 experts (purposive sampling), from which a final sample of 892 (864 practitioners and 28 experts) was achieved, reflecting a response rate of 87.45%. RESULTS: Of the 44 factors identified under seven themes (strategic, quality, management, technology, function characteristics, economic, sociocultural and demographic factors), 22 factors were identified to be the most important criteria. CONCLUSIONS: Findings from this study suggest that decision making in relation to e-health is a complex process that requires consideration of various factors. It was also found that attention should be paid to sociocultural and demographic factors, which may need to be considered in increasing healthcare access during the COVID-19 outbreak. |
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spelling | pubmed-79288222021-03-04 Factors influencing decision making for implementing e-health in light of the COVID-19 outbreak in Gulf Cooperation Council countries Al-Anezi, Fahad M Int Health Original Article BACKGROUND: Electronic health (e-health) approaches such as telemedicine, mobile health, virtual healthcare and electronic health records are considered to be effective in increasing access to healthcare services, reducing operational costs and improving the quality of healthcare services during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, a pandemic resulting from the spread of a novel coronavirus discovered in December 2019. In this context, the aim of this study was to identify the most important factors influencing decision making on the implementation of e-health in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates), which are in the process of digitizing healthcare services. METHODS: This study reviewed the literature to identify the important factors influencing decision making on e-health. In addition, a questionnaire-based survey was conducted in order to identify the most important criteria to be considered in decision making on e-health. The survey link was forwarded to 978 healthcare practitioners and 42 experts (purposive sampling), from which a final sample of 892 (864 practitioners and 28 experts) was achieved, reflecting a response rate of 87.45%. RESULTS: Of the 44 factors identified under seven themes (strategic, quality, management, technology, function characteristics, economic, sociocultural and demographic factors), 22 factors were identified to be the most important criteria. CONCLUSIONS: Findings from this study suggest that decision making in relation to e-health is a complex process that requires consideration of various factors. It was also found that attention should be paid to sociocultural and demographic factors, which may need to be considered in increasing healthcare access during the COVID-19 outbreak. Oxford University Press 2021-02-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7928822/ /pubmed/33626155 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihab003 Text en © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
spellingShingle | Original Article Al-Anezi, Fahad M Factors influencing decision making for implementing e-health in light of the COVID-19 outbreak in Gulf Cooperation Council countries |
title | Factors influencing decision making for implementing e-health in light of the COVID-19 outbreak in Gulf Cooperation Council countries |
title_full | Factors influencing decision making for implementing e-health in light of the COVID-19 outbreak in Gulf Cooperation Council countries |
title_fullStr | Factors influencing decision making for implementing e-health in light of the COVID-19 outbreak in Gulf Cooperation Council countries |
title_full_unstemmed | Factors influencing decision making for implementing e-health in light of the COVID-19 outbreak in Gulf Cooperation Council countries |
title_short | Factors influencing decision making for implementing e-health in light of the COVID-19 outbreak in Gulf Cooperation Council countries |
title_sort | factors influencing decision making for implementing e-health in light of the covid-19 outbreak in gulf cooperation council countries |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7928822/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33626155 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihab003 |
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