MODERNIZING THE HEALTHCARE MODEL IN LEBANON: PROMISING INNOVATIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

UDC 334.02

  • Younis Hassan Mohammadа − external doctorate student, the Department of Enterprise Economy and Management. Belarusian State Technological University (13a, Sverdlova str., 220006, Minsk, Republic of Belarus). E-mail: hssnyougm@gmail.com

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52065/2520-6877-2022-262-2-100-106

Keywords: healthcare, innovative model, information and communication technologies (ICT), digital services, human development.

For citation: Younis H. M. Modernizing the healthcare model in Lebanon: promising innovations and their impact on human development. Proceedings of BSTU, issue 5, Economics and Management, 2022, no. 2 (262), рр. 100–106 (In English). DOI: https://doi.org/10.52065/2520-6877-2022-262-2-100-106.

Abstract

This paper presents a study about the influence of creation and implementation of an innovative healthcare model that uses information and communication technologies on human development in Lebanon. The expected model will allow patients and healthcare personnel to use the modern technology to access healthcare information, in a way that increases the speed to reach the correct information, and decreases the distances between the patient, doctor, healthcare center, guarantor and the supervisor of the whole sector – the ministry of public health. By interconnecting the health care institutes with the patient, this will allow him to search, access and benefit from the healthcare services available. The ease and efficiency of use will have its direct impact on better quality of life, and on the long run will affect indirectly the indicators of life length, education especially related to computer literacy. The author will explain the patient’s position in this model and the tools that he can use to make effective integration into the system in an easy manner that is compatible with all ages, literacy levels and regions. A qualitative and quantitative approach allowed gathering information from the stakeholders, to prove the necessity of a new innovative healthcare model and its influence on human development.

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