- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Electronic Health Records Systems
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- COVID-19 diagnosis using AI
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Social Media in Health Education
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Medical Coding and Health Information
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
- Mental Health Research Topics
- COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
- Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Machine Learning in Healthcare
- Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
Kuwait University
2016-2024
Dasman Diabetes Institute
2011-2024
Farwaniya Hospital
2022
Ministry of Health
2022
University of Turku
2020
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
2015-2018
University of Maryland, College Park
2016
The recent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is taking a toll on the world's health care infrastructure as well social, economic, and psychological well-being of humanity. Individuals, organizations, governments are using social media to communicate with each other number issues relating COVID-19 pandemic. Not much known about topics being shared platforms COVID-19. Analyzing such information can help policy makers organizations assess needs their stakeholders address them...
The integration of large language models (LLMs), such as those in the Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT) series, into medical education has potential to transform learning experiences for students and elevate their knowledge, skills, competence. Drawing on a wealth professional academic experience, we propose that LLMs hold promise revolutionizing curriculum development, teaching methodologies, personalized study plans materials, student assessments, more. However, also critically...
Overweight and obesity is a global epidemic. Forecasting future trajectories of the epidemic crucial for providing an evidence base policy change. In this study, we examine historical trends global, regional, national prevalence adult overweight from 1990 to 2021 forecast 2050. Leveraging established methodology Global Burden Diseases, Injuries, Risk Factors Study, estimated among individuals aged 25 years older by age sex 204 countries territories Retrospective current were derived based on...
Despite the well documented consequences of obesity during childhood and adolescence future risks excess body mass on non-communicable diseases in adulthood, coordinated global action early life is still insufficient. Inconsistent measurement reporting are a barrier to specific targets, resource allocation, interventions. In this Article we report current estimates overweight across adolescence, progress over time, forecasts inform actions. Using established methodology from Global Burden...
In December 2019, COVID-19 broke out in Wuhan, China, leading to national and international disruptions health care, business, education, transportation, nearly every aspect of our daily lives. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been leveraged amid the pandemic; however, little is known about its use for supporting public efforts.
Background: The internet and social media have become an important source for health information. In 2017, the State of Kuwait ranked first in mobile subscription penetration Arab world; nearly 90% its population uses internet. Electronic (eHealth) literacy is populations that easy affordable access to resources more effectively manage conditions as well improve general health.
Current advances in information and communication technology have made accessing obtaining health-related easier than ever before. Today, many hospital websites use a patient-centric approach to promote engagement encourage learning for better decision making. However, little is known about the current state of State Kuwait. This study aims evaluate Kuwait offer recommendations improve patient access health information.This employs cross-sectional analytical 2017. The hospitals that provide...
Background Technologies have been extensively implemented to provide health care services for all types of clinical conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. While several reviews conducted regarding technologies used pandemic, they were limited by focusing either on a specific technology (or features) or proposed rather than technologies. Objective This review aims an overview technologies, as reported in literature, first wave Methods We scoping using PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items...
Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven serious games have been used in health care to offer a customizable and immersive experience. Summarizing the features of current AI-driven is very important explore how they developed their state plan on leverage them future needs.This study aimed as reported by previous research.We conducted scoping review achieve abovementioned objective. The most popular databases information technology fields (ie, MEDLINE, PsycInfo, Embase, CINAHL, IEEE Xplore, ACM...
Nowadays, patients have access to all types of health information on the internet, influencing their decision-making process. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region consists 22 countries with an estimated population around 600 million. Breast cancer is highest diagnosed in this region. Websites are commonly go-to sources. A large MENA only fluent Arabic language, thus websites more demand. However, little known about breast that cater Arabic-speaking audience. This study aims at...
Background Breast cancer is a widespread disease, and its incidence rapidly increasing in the Middle East North Africa region. With availability of smartphone apps for various health purposes, breast have emerged as tools raising awareness, providing support, empowering women affected by this disease. These offer many features, including information on risk factors, self-examination guides, appointment reminders, community support groups or hotlines. Using raises privacy security issues, we...
Research gaps refer to unanswered questions in the existing body of knowledge, either due a lack studies or inconclusive results. are essential starting points and motivation scientific research. Traditional methods for identifying research gaps, such as literature reviews expert opinions, can be time consuming, labor intensive, prone bias. They may also fall short when dealing with rapidly evolving time-sensitive subjects. Thus, innovative scalable approaches needed identify systematically...
This study investigated information security behaviors of professionals working in the public health sector to guide policymakers toward focusing their investments infrastructure and training on most vulnerable segments. We sought answer following questions: (1) Are certain professional demographics more cybersecurity threats? (2) Do different institution types (i.e., hospitals vs. primary care clinics) exhibit behaviors? (3) Can Internet usage by be indicative awareness risk they...