Community College, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Int Health. 2021 Sep 3;13(5):456-470. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihaa091.
The Saudi government is trying to implement the e-health system throughout Saudi Arabia to promote accessible health services for its population. However, adoption of the e-health system has not been effective. Thus the objective of this study was to investigate the factors that influence the adoption of e-health in this country.
To carry out this research, a questionnaire was designed to obtain information on how people in Saudi Arabia use the e-health system and the problems they face when using this technology. The questionnaire was initially viewed by 438 people and 130 of them answered the survey.
The results of this research on the adoption of the e-health system in Saudi Arabia indicated that the main factors preventing the implementation of this system were mainly related to the lack of a relationship between doctors and patients, fears about the possibility of violating data privacy and a lack of government regulations. In addition, there are certain demographic factors such as age, gender, residence, income, education and culture that create obstacles in the adoption of the e-health system.
This study suggests that professionals should contribute to modifying the e-health system and adding more government regulatory bodies to increase adoption. This will encourage end-users to trust the system. By modifying existing strategies, the results of this study can contribute to the successful implementation of the e-health system in Saudi Arabia.
沙特政府试图在沙特阿拉伯全境推行电子医疗系统，以促进其民众获得可及的医疗服务。然而，电子医疗系统的采用并未取得成效。因此，本研究旨在探讨影响该国电子医疗系统采用的因素。
为了开展这项研究，设计了一份问卷，以获取有关沙特阿拉伯民众如何使用电子医疗系统以及他们在使用该技术时面临的问题的信息。问卷最初由 438 人浏览，其中 130 人回答了调查。
这项关于沙特阿拉伯电子医疗系统采用的研究结果表明，阻止该系统实施的主要因素主要与医生和患者之间缺乏关系、担心可能侵犯数据隐私以及缺乏政府监管有关。此外，某些人口统计学因素，如年龄、性别、居住地、收入、教育和文化，也会在电子医疗系统的采用方面造成障碍。
本研究表明，专业人士应致力于修改电子医疗系统并增加更多的政府监管机构，以提高采用率。这将鼓励最终用户信任该系统。通过修改现有策略，本研究的结果可以为电子医疗系统在沙特阿拉伯的成功实施做出贡献。
