The Role of Modern Technologies in Advancing Health Disciplines: Enhancing Nursing, Public Health, And Health Management

Abstract

Healthcare disciplines have changed and advanced there practices through the integration of Information Technology and there is still more hurdle, especially in (Kingdom Saudi Arab) KSA. This study aims to fill a significant research gap to assess the extent of use, challenges, adoption rates, and effects of technologies such as EHRs, telemedicine, AI, Health and Wearable devices, Big data analytics implemented in nursing, public health, and health administration in KSA. However, despite their promise, more problems related to cost, organizational culture, and inadequate training limit the efficient application of these solutions. The study sought to assess the phenomena of embracing of these technologies, their efficiency and the difficulties experienced, thus satisfying the need for regional appraisals to enhance healthcare planning. A convenient mixed approach of self-administered cross-sectional quantitative questionnaire survey (n=500) in parallel with qualitative interviews (n= 15-20). The quantitative data where analyzed using statistical methods such as T-test, ANOVA tests while the qualitative responses were analyzed for themes using NVivo. Studies showed high levels of technology utilization, EHR (92%) and telemedicine (75%), as well as improvements in efficiency factors namely patient documentation (+25%) and disease surveillance (+35%). In terms of statistical measure, the benefits realized were highly regarded in regard to efficiency in tasks (Mean=4.5, SD = 0.6 thereby depicting increased productivity. Thus, despite the progress, key problems such as high costs concern 60% of administrators and interoperability problems concern 65% of them. The qualitative analysis brought out themes of collaboration and outcomes for patients gain, such accompanied by barriers such as data security. The study finds that modern technologies play a huge role in improving the delivery of health care and thus meets the research aim of establishing the benefits of the technologies and exploring possible impediments. This work is helpful in influencing policymaking since it evaluates training cost and the choice of infrastructure to harness technological advantages in healthcare.