Amr Jamal | King Saud University

Amr Jamal

King Saud University, Family and Community Medicine, Faculty Member

King Saud University, Family and Community Medicine, Faculty Member |

Medical Informatics

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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outbreak perceptions of risk and stress evaluation in nurses

The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2016

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Building a Culture of Health Informatics Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A New Frontier

Studies in health technology and informatics, 2015

Entrepreneurship and innovation within the health informatics (HI) scientific community are relat... more Entrepreneurship and innovation within the health informatics (HI) scientific community are relatively sluggish when compared to other disciplines such as computer science and engineering. Healthcare in general, and specifically, the health informatics scientific community needs to embrace more innovative and entrepreneurial practices. In this paper, we explore the concepts of innovation and entrepreneurship as they apply to the health informatics scientific community. We also outline several strategies to improve the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship within the health informatics scientific community such as: (I) incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship in health informatics education; (II) creating strong linkages with industry and healthcare organizations; (III) supporting national health innovation and entrepreneurship competitions; (IV) creating a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship within healthcare organizations; (V) developing health informatics policies...

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A cross-sectional content analysis of Android applications for asthma

Health informatics journal, Jan 3, 2016

Providing patients opportunities for self-management and education about their disease, asthma ap... more Providing patients opportunities for self-management and education about their disease, asthma applications designed for use on an Android operating system can have positive health outcomes across the range of demographics who use mHealth applications. This study provides a content analysis of freely available Google Android Platform Mobile Applications for Asthma. A list of applications was collected on 26 October 2014, using the search feature of the Google Play Android platform and using the words and phrases "Asthma," "Lung Function" and "Peak Flow." Each application was coded for its approach to asthma self-management, based on categories adapted by Huckvale et al., which are based on the Global Initiative for Asthma and the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program. The characteristics of the 15 asthma applications are described. Most of the asthma applications' primary function focused on patient self-monitoring and self-assessment. Us...

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The Use of an Adapted Health IT Usability Evaluation Model (Health-ITUEM) for Evaluating Consumer Reported Ratings of Diabetes mHealth Applications: Implications for Diabetes Care and Management

Acta Informatica Medica, 2015

The aim of this paper is to present a usability analysis of the consumer ratings of key diabetes ... more The aim of this paper is to present a usability analysis of the consumer ratings of key diabetes mHealth applications using an adapted Health IT Usability Evaluation Model (Health-ITUEM). A qualitative content analysis method was used to analyze publicly available consumer reported data posted on the Android Market and Google Play for four leading diabetes mHealth applications. Health-ITUEM concepts including information needs, flexibility/customizability, learnability, performance speed, and competency guided the categorization and analysis of the data. Health impact was an additional category that was included in the study. A total of 405 consumers&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39; ratings collected from January 9, 2014 to February 17, 2014 were included in the study. Overall, the consumers&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39; ratings of the leading diabetes mHealth applications for both usability and health impacts were positive. The performance speed of the mHealth application and the information needs of the consumers were the primary usability factors impacting the use of the diabetes mHealth applications. There was also evidence on the positive health impacts of such applications. Consumers are more likely to use diabetes related mHealth applications that perform well and meet their information needs. Furthermore, there is preliminary evidence that diabetes mHealth applications can have positive impact on the health of patients.

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The Role and Use of Telemedicine by Physicians in Developing Countries

E-Health and Telemedicine: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, 2016

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The impact of online health information seeking behavior on self-care activities among adult diabetic type-2 patients

Background: In present surge for patients-centered case, patients frequently and increasingly use... more Background: In present surge for patients-centered case, patients frequently and increasingly use the Internet for access health related information (HRI) and the information obtained has an impact on their healthcare outcomes. Inspite of growing interest in the quality of online health information sources, existing research reveals a lacuna in the realm of diabetes patient’s online HRI seeking behavior and its impact on their self care. Objective: To explore online HRI seeking behavior among Saudi adult diabetes type 2 patients and to evaluate the impact of online HRI seeking behavior on self-care activities for their diabetes management. Methods: We surveyed 344 patients with type 2 diabetes attending the primary care clinics at King Khaled Hospital. Main outcome measures included the ability to access the Internet, Internet use to search for health related information, and responses to such Internet searches with their self care related activities. Further analysis of whether the...

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Physicians' perception toward elements of professionalism in Saudi

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Women's health in Saudi Arabia: a changing pattern

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Health information technology (HIT) in Arab countries: a systematic review study on HIT progress

Information Technology is changing the shape of globalized operations in all fields. Over the yea... more Information Technology is changing the shape of globalized operations in all fields. Over the years, most developed countries have succeeded in implementing information technology in major parts of their economy and society including the healthcare sector. While on the other hand, developing countries, especially the Arab world, are mostly far behind in properly implementing HIT systems within their healthcare sectors. This paper aims at identifying the current status of HIT within Arab countries, discussing the methods of utilizing and securing HIT systems, finding the barriers and proposing possible solutions to HIT implementation. Studies were searched in IEEE, PUBMED, Springer link and JHIDC using predefined criteria and retrieved in the period of publication from 2001 to July 2014. The systematic review included primary studies of health information systems within Arab Countries. Study types included conceptual, exploratory, and cross-sectional and action-research studies both ...

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Association of Online Health Information–Seeking Behavior and Self-Care Activities Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2015

Health information obtained from the Internet has an impact on patient health care outcomes. Ther... more Health information obtained from the Internet has an impact on patient health care outcomes. There is a growing concern over the quality of online health information sources used by diabetic patients because little is known about their health information-seeking behavior and the impact this behavior has on their diabetes-related self-care, in particular in the Middle East setting. The aim of this study was to determine the online health-related information-seeking behavior among adult type 2 diabetic patients in the Middle East and the impact of their online health-related information-seeking behavior on their self-care activities. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 344 patients with type 2 diabetes attending inpatient and outpatient primary health care clinics at 2 teaching hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The main outcome measures included the ability of patients to access the Internet, their ability to use the Internet to search for health-related information, and their responses to Internet searches in relation to their self-care activities. Further analysis of differences based on age, gender, sociodemographic, and diabetes-related self-care activities among online health-related information seekers and nononline health-related information seekers was conducted. Among the 344 patients, 74.1% (255/344) were male with a mean age of 53.5 (SD 13.8) years. Only 39.0% (134/344) were Internet users; 71.6% (96/134) of them used the Internet for seeking health-related information. Most participants reported that their primary source of health-related information was their physician (216/344, 62.8%) followed by television (155/344, 45.1%), family (113/344, 32.8%), newspapers (100/344, 29.1%), and the Internet (96/344, 27.9%). Primary topics participants searched for were therapeutic diet for diabetes (55/96, 57%) and symptoms of diabetes (52/96, 54%) followed by diabetes treatment (50/96, 52%). Long history of diabetes, familial history of the disease, unemployment, and not seeking diabetes education were the most common barriers for online health-related information-seeking behavior. Younger age, female, marital status, higher education, higher income, and longer duration of Internet usage were associated with more online health-related information-seeking behaviors. Most (89/96, 93%) online health-related information seekers reported positive change in their behaviors after seeking online health information. Overall odds ratio (OR 1.56, 95% CI 0.63-3.28) for all self-care responses demonstrated that there was no statistically significant difference between those seeking health-related information online and non-health-related information seekers. However, health-related information seekers were better in testing their blood glucose regularly, taking proper action for hyperglycemia, and adopting nonpharmacological management. Physicians and television are still the primary sources of health-related information for adult diabetic patients in Saudi Arabia whether they seek health-related information online or not. This study demonstrates that participants seeking online health-related information are more conscious about their diabetes self-care compared to non-health-related information seekers in some aspects more than the others.

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