HCA- CT 11
Telemedicine Case Study
Review the following case study: Zaman, T. U., Raheem, T. M. A., Alharbi, G. M., Shodri, M. F., Kutbi, A. H., & Aldaadi, K. S. (2018). Ehealth and its transformation of healthcare delivery system in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences, 7(5), 76-82. Retrieved from https://www.ijmrhs.com/medical-research/ehealth-and-its-transformation-of-healthcare-deliverysystem-in-makkah-saudi-arabia.pdf
You have been asked by the Board of Directors to write a report evaluating this case study, as they are interested in adding a telemedicine department to your healthcare facility in Saudi Arabia. Be sure to include the following substantive information in your report:
● Description of the goals of your organization;
● Evaluation of the barriers to the goals of implementing telemedicine;
● How communication of your goals to stakeholders can impact achieving your goals; and
● Recommendations to successfully implementing a telemedicine department in your facility and how you will remove barriers to these goals.
Your report should meet the following structural requirements:
● Be 6-7 pages in length, not including the cover or reference pages.
● Be formatted APA writing guidelines.
● Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of four scholarly articles. Two of these sources may be from the class readings, textbook, or lectures, but two must be external.
● Utilize headings to organize the content in your work.
please include an in-text citation
please use the references below
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Alaboudi, A., Atkins, A., Sharp, B., Balkhair, A., Alzahrani, M., & Sunbul, T. (2016). Barriers
and challenges in adopting Saudi telemedicine network: The perceptions of decision makers of healthcare facilities in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 9(6), 725-733.
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Telemedicine Departments
Introduction
Technological advancements mean that every aspect of human life is accelerating towards digitization. Modern healthcare is one such industry that applies information technology to improve access to healthcare, create time affectivity in healthcare provision while still providing the most optimal quality of care. Digitization in healthcare bores the rise in concepts like E-health and telemedicine,
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