Health Websites Evaluation in Saudi Arabia: A Case Study

Sahar A. El_Rahman

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Health Websites Evaluation in Saudi Arabia: A Case Study

Sahar A. El_Rahman

Published in American Journal of Operations Management and Information Systems (Volume 2, Issue 1)

Received: 31 October 2016 Accepted: 27 December 2016 Published: 20 January 2017

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Internet and web services are fast becoming critically important to business, industry and individuals. Where Creating online brand and community is the chief objective of web serving. They recognize that web-based systems can enhance their scale of communication as the Internet is capable of rendering large amounts of data in a speedy manner to the public. To be successful, web-based systems need to have good usability. Usability is a measure of how easy the interface is to use. In order to achieve these measurements, we need to analyze them to detect its drawbacks, and find a way to improve them. This paper aims to analyze some of the top hospitals websites in Saudi Arabia that are Dr. Sulaiman Alhabib Hospital, King Fahad Medical City, Saad Specialist Hospital, Dallah Hospital, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center & International Medical Center. The evaluation involves testing sample pages related to the selected hospitals. This study provides an overview regarding the weakness and strengths of the six Saudi hospital websites.

Published in	American Journal of Operations Management and Information Systems (Volume 2, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajomis.20170201.14
Page(s)	21-31
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Website Evaluation, Health Website, Usability, Human Computer Interaction, Search Engine Optimization, Alexa

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Sahar A. El_Rahman

Electronics, Computers Systems and Communication, Electrical Department, Faculty of Engineering-Shoubra, Benha University, Cairo, Egypt

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