The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s top priorities in the healthcare sector are enhancing the role of the private sector through privatisation of government healthcare services, increasing public-private participation (PPP) healthcare delivery models, scaling up education and training of the local workforce, and boosting the adoption of digital information systems.
There are various projects initiated by the government to achieve these goals such as mandatory insurance for all Saudi and non-Saudi employees and their families in the private sector, increased private sector’s contribution to healthcare spending from 25 to 35 percent, increasing the percentage of patients with a digital health record from 0 to 70 percent by 2020 and allocating US$1.5 billion towards healthcare IT and digital transformation programme.
To know more, read the full news article originally published in Omnia Health.
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