title: The future of health care delivery and the experience of a tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia.
abstract: Five major technological changes will herald a new era in health care delivery around the World: digitalization of the personal health record, sharing of health care digital data across different platforms, applications and institutions, delivery of patient services via the internet, use of the digital media and social networking as a medium for education and preventive medicine and introduction of smart applications as counselors to prevent medical errors. The implications of such changes are huge. Saudi Arabia is not isolated from such important developments. This article explores the future of health care delivery with a special focus on the experience of a tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia that has led the wave in such changes regionally.
authors.affiliation: Colon & Rectal Section, Department of Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. nsanea@kfshrc.edu.sa
authors.forename: Nasser
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alsanea
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000639:trends*; D012529:Saudi Arabia