The Role of Modern Technologies in Enhancing Health Security: A Proactive Approach to Managing Health Crises

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Faris Raja Ayidh Alharbi, Abdulrahman Obaid Rashed Alamri, Helal Menwer Helal Alharbi, Mohammed Muaytiq Ateeq Alamri, Abdulhadi Muaytiq Ateeq Alamri, Majed Mukhlid Bin Duayj Alharbi, Mohammed Fehaid Alharbi, Faisal Fahad Alharbi, Ahmed Ghallab Al Harbi

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Pandemics and other disasters are unforeseeable events, and they present considerable risks to human health and wellbeing – and as such require creative approaches to dealing with them. New technologies are now valid weapons in assistance of health security through improving the methods of infection detection, diagnostics, resource utilization, communication, patient care and data protection. The purpose of this research was to assess the aspects relating to the readiness and efficiency of technology in crisis response within the healthcare domain and to outline certain barriers for its utilization. Thus, the systematic literature review was complemented by the analysis of quantitative data and qualitative expert interview. Information was obtained from scientific articles published in the indexed databases, articles and reports of global health institutions, seven key indicators were considered. Furthermore, correlation, r=0.78, p<0.01 and analysis of variance, using a regression model, showed the degree of interaction between the extent of technology implementation, impact scores and functional enhancement scores, R²=0.65, p<0.001. The results showed that telemedicine platforms and AI triage systems received the highest level of adoption level (85% and 80%) and impact scores (88 and 89) with percentage improvement of 40% and 38%. There were variations in organizational readiness across the 5 disease surveillance technologies with the highest scores Average scores were high specifically for AI predictive analytics with an overall score of 85 The methods identified barriers that included a lack of trained personnel. The technologies for data security proved especially effective where protecting the health information is concerned: the given solution employed the blockchain and received a score of 90 for impact. Nevertheless, the challenge that was mentioned quite often was the high costs of implementation, inadequate infrastructure and compatibility problems. This study points out the significance of new technologies in promoting health security whenever they have been properly implemented. There is a need to invest in infrastructure and structures, set up and enhance policies so as to support human capital. In light of the study results, one could identify the importance of actively implementing breakthrough technologies into health care systems in order to ensure that the initiated actions create the necessary basis for the formation of effective solutions for overcoming future crises in the sphere. This work outlines how innovation can be managed to foster sustainable global health security in future.

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