Digital Healthcare in Asia and Gulf Region for Healthy Aging and More Inclusive Societies

Patricia de Pablos is a Professor of Business Administration at the University of Oviedo in Spain. Her field of research focuses on knowledge management, healthcare sector, innovation, information technologies and technological disruption. She published more than 125 papers in academic journals and more than 35 books. She has wide editorial experience in journals, books and book series. She serves as Editor in Chief of International Journal of Asian Business and Information and Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management. She edited several books and bookseries. In 2021 she was named on “Stanford University’s Ranking of the World Scientists: World’s Top 2% Scientists".

Section I: Lessons from Covid-19 pandemic, healthcare services, and preparedness for the future
1. Can digital and social media change access to healthcare information?
Chintan B. Zinzuvadia, Abhishek Ghosh, Ramya Ravi and Manthan D. Janodia
2. Food safety and online food delivery apps post-COVID-19 in Greater Jakarta—Indonesia
Sevenpri Candra and Adinda Syifa Nurazizah
3. Technology for early detection and diagnosis of mental disorders: An evidence synthesis
Apurvakumar Pandya, Pragya Lodha and Ankita Gupta
4. Critical analysis of digital mental health applications for healthy aging
Pragya Lodha, Shreya Makhija and Avinash DeSousa
Section II: Healthcare systems and healthcare workforce: toward digital transformation
5. Opportunities and challenges facing the accounting information system in medical institutions when adopting Internet of Things
Omar Ikbal Tawfik and Hamada Elsaid Elmaasrawy
6. The future of digital health in the era of space internet
Bader H. Shirah and Marwa O. Zakour
7. Sleep stage classification using a convolutional neural network based on heart rate variability features
Geri Arisandi and Nico Surantha
8. Application of artificial intelligence and digitalization in medical education and various surgical specialities: concerns and prospects
Dharmendra Kumar Pipal, Vibha Rani Pipal, Rajendra Kumar Pipal and Seema Yadav
Section III: National healthcare visions and digital transformation of healthcare services and infrastructures in Asia
9. Telehealth services for aging patients in Pakistan: Understanding challenges and developing regionally relevant support through social policy
Sara Rizvi Jafree, Florian Fischer, Nadia Bukhari and Ammara Naveed
10. Digital health in ASEAN an exploratory analysis
Muhammad Anshari, Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos and Mohammad Nabil Almunawar
11. A comparative evaluation of the use of social media platforms by multinational and Indian pharmaceutical companies
Dominik Prager and Manthan D. Janodia
12. Digital transformation of myopic retinopathy: insights from the Asian perspective
Jie Xu, Hai-Long He, Xuan-Yu Chen and Zi-Bing Jin
13. Healthcare travel resilience through digital healthcare adoption: lessons from Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic
Brian Kee Mun Wong and Tatyana Bastrygina
14. AI-powered digital health: bridging the gap for elderly populations in the evolving healthcare ecosystem
Muhammad Anshari, Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos and Mohammad Nabil Almunawar
15. Digital transformation of healthcare services and infrastructure in Asia: the metaverse bound?
Brian Kee Mun Wong, Sivakumar Vengusamy and Clarice Sze Wee Chua
Section IV: National healthcare visions and digital transformation of healthcare services and infrastructures in gulf region
16. The role of big data in healthcare in Gulf region
Omar Ikbal Tawfik and Ahmad Hayek
17. Artificial intelligence and the delivery of patient-centered care in the Gulf region: navigating the ethical landscape
Adhari Al Zaabi and Aasim I. Padela
18. Ensuring governance for quality, safety, and efficiency of medicines in the state of Kuwait: a call for action
Ahmad Salman, Sungsoo Chun, Alyaa Mousa, Mariam Alsanafi, Zahra Alsairafi,
19. Telehealth: business models and commercialization
Farnia Velayati, Haleh Ayatollahi, Morteza Hemmat and Reza Dehghan
Section V: Trends and Implications for healthcare research agenda and policy
20. Healthcare transformed: a comprehensive survey of artificial intelligence trends in healthcare industries
A. Parveen and G. Kannan
21. The evolution and challenges of healthcare policy and research in the Middle East
Saadat M Alhashmi