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The increasing quality of ICT seems to be paralleled with an escalating complexity and scope of e-Health processes. E-Health, which it is normally perceived as a component of e-government, offers an opportunity for hospitals and medical centers to integrate their services and communicate standardized medical data intended for easy sharing of patient medical records electronically. Such services are expected to deliver cost-effective and high quality health care. This research aims to investigate the factors leading to enhancing and adopting e-health in Kuwait. Such factors range from human to socio-technical issues, access to electronic health resources, awareness of HICT, utilization of HICT, and perceived factors responsible for use or non-use of HICT among professionals to deliver best understanding of e-Health systems and highlight the significant objectives, tools, models, and obstacles of such systems.
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Factors Affecting e-Participation in Kuwait e-Health
e-Health is using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to deliver health care and services like the electronic medical record. The survey will investigate the importance of installing e-health systems in Kuwait hospitals. It also addresses the users’ acceptance for using e-Health systems. We highly appreciate your participation. Privacy will be maintained, please answer questions as they relate to you.
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Moghrabi, I.A.R., A-Farsi, M.H. (2021). Factors affecting the Usage of e-Health Services in Kuwait. In: Rocha, Á., Adeli, H., Dzemyda, G., Moreira, F., Ramalho Correia, A.M. (eds) Trends and Applications in Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST 2021. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1365. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72657-7_48
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