Digital Transformation in Healthcare in Post-COVID-19 Times
- 1st Edition - May 12, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Miltiadis Lytras, Abdulrahman Housawi, Basim Alsaywid
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 3 5 3 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 5 7 7 - 2
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Request a sales quoteDigital Transformation in Healthcare in Post-Covid19 Times discusses recent advances in patient care and offers critical comparative insights into their application across multiple domains in healthcare. By showcasing key problems, best practices and emerging challenges, the book offers a state-of-art review of opportunities and prospects in the process of delivering smart sustainable healthcare services. Topics discussed include healthcare challenges in the post-COVID-19 era, enabling technologies for digital transformation, value driven approaches to the delivery of patient centric top-quality health services, and analytics and enhanced decision making. In addition, the book updates knowledge on best practices for training towards digital transformation and sustainable health.
This is a valuable resource for healthcare professionals, medical doctors, researchers, graduate students and members of the biomedical field who are interested in learning more about the use of emerging technologies in healthcare.
- Holistically discusses the new landscape of digital transformation and sustainability in health
- Presents a case study driven approach based on real-world scenarios to help readers apply the knowledge gained into practice
- Promotes sound research on the impact of emerging technologies in health and life specialties and their relevant role during the COVID-19 pandemic
Graduate students, researchers of medical informatics, clinicians, and practitioners; Data scientists, healthcare professionals
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Preface
- Opportunity areas for digital transformation create an impact on the healthcare system
- Digital transformation from the healthcare practitioner perspective
- Value proposition of the book
- Organization of the book
- Coverage of the book
- Concluding remarks
- Acknowledgment
- Section A: Background of digital transformation in health
- Chapter 1: A historical outline of digital transformation
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: The historical outline from different perspectives
- 3: Digital transformation in different industries
- 4: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 2: The potential of artificial intelligence in healthcare: Perceptions of healthcare practitioners and current adoption
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Materials and methods
- 3: Results, materials, and methods
- 4: Discussion
- References
- Section B: Enabling technologies for digital transformation (an exampleoriented approach)
- Chapter 3: Internet of things (IoT) and big data analytics (BDA) in healthcare
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: The IoT and healthcare
- 3: BDA and healthcare
- 4: A further description of pandemic use
- 5: Use case
- 6: Challenges
- 7: Future
- 8: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 4: Blockchain-based electronic health record system in the age of COVID-19
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Distributed ledger and blockchain
- 3: Digital health and blockchain
- 4: Blockchain technologies in combating COVID-19
- 5: Summary
- 6: Assignment
- References
- Chapter 5: Digital transformation in robotic rehabilitation and smart prosthetics
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Prosthetics
- 3: Upper limb exoskeletons
- 4: Lower limb exoskeletons
- 5: Discussion
- 6: Conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 6: Ensemble deep neural models for automated abnormality detection and classification in precision care applications
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Related work
- 3: Proposed approach
- 4: Experimental details and results
- 5: Conclusion and future work
- References
- Chapter 7: Smart healthcare digital transformation during the Covid-19 pandemic
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Viral networks and digital platforms during the Covid-19 pandemic
- 3: Digital platforms
- 4: Introducing digital nodes: A network theory interpretation
- 5: The innovative impact of scalable intangibles: From big data to artificial intelligence and blockchains
- 6: Discussion
- 7: Conclusion
- Appendix
- Suggested teaching assignments
- Recommended readings
- Recommended videos
- Titles for research essays
- Recommended projects URL
- References
- Chapter 8: Factors influencing the adoption of mobile health apps in the UAE
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Literature review
- 3: Hypotheses development
- 4: Methodology
- 5: Analysis
- 6: Discussion
- 7: Conclusion
- Appendix A: Measurement items
- References
- Further reading
- Section C: Global experiences and approaches to digital transformation in health
- Chapter 9: Redesigning the global healthcare system through digital transformation: Insights from Saudi Arabia
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction: Setting the determinants of the health system
- 2: The health system and the digital transformation challenges in Saudi Arabia
- 3: Healthcare digital transformation in Saudi Arabia
- 4: Key challenges and conclusions
- References
- Chapter 10: A strategic framework for digital transformation in healthcare: Insights from the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Literature review on digital transformation
- 3: A strategic framework for digital transformation in Saudi Commission for Health Specialties
- 4: A research plan for digital tranformation in SCFHS
- 5: Research challenges, risks, and milestones for the digital transformation strategy in SCFHS
- 6: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 11: Digital transformation from a health professional practice and training perspective
- Abstract
- 1: Digital transformation (DT)
- 2: Challenges and barriers to adopting digital transformation
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 12: Research and Education Skills as a core part of Digital Transformation in Healthcare in Saudi Arabia
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Literature review
- 3: A roadmap for the strategic transition
- 4: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 13: A bibliometric analysis of GCC healthcare digital transformation
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Literature review
- 3: Research methodology
- 4: Results and discussion
- 5: Conclusion
- 6: Learning activity: Bibliometric analysis
- References
- Chapter 14: Digital transformation of healthcare sector in India
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: ABCD approach in the digital transformation of healthcare in India
- 3: Digital transformation in Indian healthcare
- 4: Digital era in Indian healthcare
- 5: Artificial intelligence (AI) in Indian healthcare
- 6: Recent digital transformation in Indian healthcare
- 7: Case study: Apollo hospitals launch robot-assisted cardiac surgery unit
- 8: Way forward in digital health sector
- 9: Challenges in the digital transformation of the health sector in India
- 10: Digital milestones in Indian healthcare
- 11: Summary
- 12: Conclusion
- References
- Recommended readings
- Chapter 15: Investment in healthcare and medical technology in Kuwait
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Challenge 1: Inadequate health information and technology
- 3: Challenge 2: Lack of investment in health research
- 4: Challenge 3: Lack of infrastructure to support a knowledge-based economy
- 5: Challenge 4: Lack of periodic assessment of population health
- 6: Challenge 5: Healthcare Research and Development (R&D) management systems
- 7: Challenge 6: Lack of information technology records of patients
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 12, 2023
- No. of pages (Paperback): 294
- No. of pages (eBook): 294
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323983532
- eBook ISBN: 9780323985772
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Miltiadis Lytras
Miltiadis D. Lytras is an expert in advanced computer science and management, with extensive experience in academia and the business sector in Europe and Asia. He is a Research Professor at Deree College—The American College of Greece and a Distinguished Scientist at King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Lytras specializes in cognitive computing, information systems, technology-enabled innovation, social networks, and knowledge management. He has coedited over 110 high-impact special issues in ISI/Scopus-indexed journals and authored more than 80 books with international publishers. Additionally, he has published over 120 high-impact papers in top-tier journals such as IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering and the Journal of Business Research. With 25 years of experience in Research and Development projects, Dr. Lytras has been involved in more than 70 R&D projects globally. He holds senior editorial positions in prestigious journals and is the Founding Editor and Editor in Chief of the International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems.
Affiliations and expertise
Effat University, Computer Science Department, College of Engineering, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaAH
Abdulrahman Housawi
Dr. Abdulrahman Housawi is a Nephrologist and Specialist in multiorgan transplant surgery and Chairman of the Multi-organ Transplant Research Committee at King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, KSA. He received his medical degree from the King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, his Master of Science degree with a focus on epidemiology and biostatistics from the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, and a Master of Science in Health Administration from the University of Alabama, Birmingham. His research interests include the epidemiology of chronic kidney disease, developing research registries for CKD and solid organ transplants, the outcomes of living kidney donation and the long-term outcomes of kidney transplantation. From the PH-LEADER workshops, he hopes to further his knowledge of transplants and outside aspects of surgery and its effects on the donors and their families. Currently, he is responsible for the development and implementation of the Saudi Commission’s strategy, including its transformation to a data-driven organization (2016epresent).
Affiliations and expertise
Ministry of Health, Saudi ArabiaBA
Basim Alsaywid
Basim Alsaywid, Pediatric Urology Surgeon, graduated from King Abdulaziz University then completed Saudi Board of Urology in 2007. He obtained his Pediatric Urology Training Certificate from a fellowship at Westmead Children Hospital and then Sydney Children Hospital at Randwick, Sydney, Australia. During his fellowship training, he completed his Master of Medicine degree from the University of Sydney in Clinical Epidemiology with focus on biostatistics, and then he completed his Master’s in Health Profession Education from King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Alsaywid founded the research offices at the College of Medicine and College of Applied Health Sciences at King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences in Jeddah. Also, he founded and chaired the Research and Development Department at Saudi Commission for Health Specialties in Riyadh. Currently, Dr. Alsaywid is the Director of Education and Research Skills at Saudi National Institute of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Affiliations and expertise
Saudi National Institute of Health, Education and Research Skills Directory, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaRead Digital Transformation in Healthcare in Post-COVID-19 Times on ScienceDirect