Electronic-health in Saudi Arabia Just around the corner?

The Saudi health sector has witnessed significant progress in recent decades with some local hospitals receiving international recognition. However, this has not been accompanied by advancement of the electronic-health (e-health) field, whose applications have become a necessity for hospitals to achieve certain objectives such as enhancing the quality of healthcare, and reducing the time and cost for healthcare delivery. In this paper we investigate the advancement of e-health in the world and in Saudi Arabia. A new model for e-health diffusion in Saudi Arabia is also proposed.