“We have new design plans for Makkah, Jeddah and Taif,” Makkah governor Prince Khaled Al-Faisal told a meeting on smart city applications earlier this week.
“It’s our opportunity to take the initiative now. All we need is good management and a strong will to start the project.”
E-health solutions are meant to increase efficiency in healthcare services in terms of time, cost, resources, reliability, and ease of communication, Mehmet Bilginsoy, CEO, CompuGroup Medical, Middle East, told the Saudi Gazette.
However, they have also some disadvantages, he noted, such as the need for continuous development to keep pace with the evolution of the medical field and the risk of failure for hospitals that rely fully on e-solutions in certain extreme conditions such as power failures.
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The agreement is the foundation for establishing a smart city based on information and communication technology with a goal to provide outstanding level of services in the region, said a statement from Kingdom Holding Company (KHC).
As per the deal, STC will ready a smart fiber-optic network to provide the Kingdom project with an integrated information technology solution for all communications and services.
The two prizes have been awarded for both Ministry of Education relating to its significant system "NOUR", and the Human Resources Development Fund with reference to its Program "HAFIZ".
Prince Faisal Bin Abdullah Al-Saud, Minister of Education, and Eng. Adel Bin Mohamed Fakih, Minster of Labour, dedicated the two awards to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, and his Crown Prince Naif Bin Abdulaziz, for their constant efforts in supporting all government Agencies to achieve development and offer simple e-Services for beneficiaries including individuals, business sector and all government agencies.
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The ranking was according to the United Nation e-Government Survey in 2012. The same source shows that Kingdom is No. 20 in the world in terms of providing electronic services.
Saudi Arabia also ranked by the UN No. 41 out of 193 countries in using e-government. The Saudi government has 1,200 electronic services provided by 144 government agencies.
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