Wala Ibrahim Alzahrani
Department of Clinical Nutrition, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi ArabiaPublications
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Research
Assessment of Virtual healthcare services among medical staff and patients and the usefulness of creating virtual healthcare application in Saudi Arabia
Author(s): Salem Saeed Alghamdi*, Mansor Abdualziz bin Hashr, Safar Mublish Albaqami, Abdulrahman Tajaldeen, Rowa Aljondi and Wala Ibrahim Alzahrani
Background: Virtual healthcare services defined as services concern the priority for ensuring receipt of time, integrated patient center-care. It composes of multiple services including electronic health record, mobile technology, patient health portal and telehealth such as instant audio, video and secure messaging. Material and methods: Online questionnaires were designed to evaluate the feasibility of healthcare services by using an application. Two surveys were prepared and targeted two main groups: patients and medical staff. The participated medical staff is medical doctors, nurses, radiographers and social workers. Results: Three benefits were mentioned by most of the participants: saving money (by 72%), providing the right care at the right time (64%), saving time (63%). Moreover, two advantages were mentioned by.. Read More»