Open AccessThe Use of Digital Healthcare Platforms During the COVID-19 Pandemic: the Consumer Perspective
Author(s) -
Fawaz Alharbi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
acta informatica medica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1986-5988
pISSN - 0353-8109
DOI - 10.5455/aim.2021.29.51-58
Subject(s) - health care , structural equation modeling , pandemic , unified theory of acceptance and use of technology , digital health , business , government (linguistics) , psychology , descriptive statistics , perspective (graphical) , knowledge management , marketing , covid-19 , computer science , expectancy theory , medicine , statistics , economics , social psychology , mathematics , philosophy , artificial intelligence , linguistics , pathology , machine learning , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economic growth
The spending on digital healthcare solutions is estimated to reach EUR 232 billion by 2025. Digital healthcare platforms are making transformative changes to conventional healthcare processes which can provide many beneficial improvements for both citizen and government provision to society. These benefits are obvious during pandemics such as Covid-19, when most healthcare services are offered through digital means.