title: Islamic E-health: definitions, applications and challenges.
abstract: The purpose of this exploratory study is to introduce the concept of Islamic E-health. The study defines Islamic E-health and discusses various applications of this concept. Data collection methods used for the study included interviews, Facebook, Google, and iTunes searches using a variety of Islamic E-health-related terms. The results show that some Islamic E-health applications focus primarily on spiritual health, followed by Hajj systems for surveillance and monitoring and the use of electronic medical records to monitor the blood glucose levels of Muslim patients who fast during the month of Ramadan. Future research and research limitations are also discussed.
authors: College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. househmo@ngha.med.sa
authors: Mowafa
authors: M
authors: Househ
mesh_terms: D007514:Islam; D020380:Needs Assessment; D026443:Spiritual Therapies / Q000379:methods*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000145:classification* / Q000379:methods*; D009626:Terminology as Topic