Adoption of IoT based innovations for healthcare service delivery in Saudi Arabia

2019 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer Science and Data Engineering (CSDE) Pub Date : 2019-12-01 DOI:10.1109/CSDE48274.2019.9162390

F. Masmali, S. Miah

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Abstract

Previous research predicted that the information technology (IT) applications with the Internet of Things (IoT) based innovations will revolutionise the healthcare industry and thereby enable improvement of the real-time reporting of patients’ health data. However, the adoption of IoT technology and its relevant interventions in the healthcare sector have not been as fast as the uptake in other industries. With consideration for this issue, this qualitative phenomenological research was conducted to illuminate the factors that affect IoT adoption and its integration for healthcare service delivery in Saudi Arabia. To this end, the study explored the lived experiences of healthcare administrators in using IoT devices as they deliver healthcare services. The five participants, who worked in hospitals and clinics in Jazan, Saudi Arabia, took part in the semi-structured interviews developed on the basis of the diffusion of innovation theory. The findings indicated that the capacity of the Saudi healthcare sector to accept and implement a new IT with IoT technologies and its integrations are still being a debated issue.

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在沙特阿拉伯采用基于物联网的医疗保健服务创新

先前的研究预测，基于物联网(IoT)的创新的信息技术(IT)应用将彻底改变医疗保健行业，从而改善患者健康数据的实时报告。然而，物联网技术及其相关干预措施在医疗保健行业的采用速度不如其他行业快。考虑到这一问题，进行了定性现象学研究，以阐明影响沙特阿拉伯采用物联网及其整合医疗保健服务的因素。为此，该研究探索了医疗保健管理员在提供医疗保健服务时使用物联网设备的实际经验。这五名参与者在沙特阿拉伯吉赞的医院和诊所工作，他们参加了根据创新扩散理论制定的半结构化访谈。调查结果表明，沙特医疗保健部门接受和实施具有物联网技术及其集成的新IT的能力仍是一个有争议的问题。

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