Exploring Attitudes of Physicians towards the implementation of Mobile Health technology in Saudi Arabia

Authors

  • Mohammed Mesfer Almalki
  • Abdullah abdulaziz Alromaih
  • Abdullah Ghalib Alsubaie
  • Dr Samia Nayer Almutairi
  • Mohamed Abdulaziz Almuhaini
  • Hazem Nayer Almutairi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63001/tbs.2025.v20.i01.pp148-162

Keywords:

monitoring

Abstract

This study aims to explore Attitudes of Physicians towards the implementation of Mobile Health technology in Saudi
Arabia. In order to fulfil such aim, qualitative methodology was adopted and textual data were collected from 12
physicians who work in King Fahad General Hospital Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. The gathered data were analysed through
using thematic analysis. Three themes were identified (i.e. Benefits of m-health adoption, Challenges of m-health
adoption, and attitudes of medical staff following the application of m-health on their performance). The benefits
of m-health include making remote patient monitoring possible and easy, improves provider communication and
coordination, and Gives patients faster access to providers and care. The challenges of m-health include issues related
to its usability, system integration, data security and privacy, network access, and reliability. The attitudes of
medical staff following the application of m-health on their performance are divided into positive and negative
attitudes. Positive attitudes that connect between m-health and Increasing performance instead of documentation,
and negative attitudes that connect between decreasing performance and m-health due to time consuming and it
needs training courses. The findings of this study cannot be generalised to the whole population due to limitations in
terms of sample size.

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Published

2025-01-22

How to Cite

Mohammed Mesfer Almalki, Abdullah abdulaziz Alromaih, Abdullah Ghalib Alsubaie, Dr Samia Nayer Almutairi, Mohamed Abdulaziz Almuhaini, & Hazem Nayer Almutairi. (2025). Exploring Attitudes of Physicians towards the implementation of Mobile Health technology in Saudi Arabia. The Bioscan, 20(1), 148–162. https://doi.org/10.63001/tbs.2025.v20.i01.pp148-162