Abstract
Diabetes is a highly prevalent and largely neglected disease in the Middle East as many persons with diabetes live in remote villages and small towns where healthcare facilities and diabetes specialists are sparse. Despite the high uptake of information technology and rapid adoption of social media applications in the Middle East, the utilization of digital health and telehealth in diabetes care remains fledgling. The wide availability of mobile phones, broadband internet access, and high interest in technology in the Middle East presents a unique opportunity to transform diabetes care in the region. Digital health may serve as a solution to many of the challenges that diabetes care is facing including those related to disparity in healthcare access, discrepancies in healthcare quality between urban and rural areas, and the shortage of diabetes specialists. Although several Middle Eastern countries have started to take steps toward digitalizing their healthcare systems, several obstacles need to be addressed before this goal can be achieved. This chapter aims to provide an overview of the current status of diabetes digital health in the Middle East, discuss barriers to its wide adoption, and identify strategies to best utilize digital health and telehealth to transform diabetes care services throughout the region.
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