Digital Transformation in Healthcare in Post-COVID-19 Times

Miltiadis D. Lytras is an expert in advanced computer science and management, with extensive experience in academia and the business sector in Europe and Asia. He is a Research Professor at Deree College—The American College of Greece and a Distinguished Scientist at King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Lytras specializes in cognitive computing, information systems, technology-enabled innovation, social networks, and knowledge management. He has coedited over 110 high-impact special issues in ISI/Scopus-indexed journals and authored more than 80 books with international publishers. Additionally, he has published over 120 high-impact papers in top-tier journals such as IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering and the Journal of Business Research. With 25 years of experience in Research and Development projects, Dr. Lytras has been involved in more than 70 R&D projects globally. He holds senior editorial positions in prestigious journals and is the Founding Editor and Editor in Chief of the International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems. Dr. Abdulrahman Housawi is a Nephrologist and Specialist in multiorgan transplant surgery and Chairman of the Multi-organ Transplant Research Committee at King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, KSA. He received his medical degree from the King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, his Master of Science degree with a focus on epidemiology and biosta?tistics from the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, and a Master of Science in Health Administration from the University of Alabama, Birmingham. His research interests include the epidemiology of chronic kidney disease, developing research registries for CKD and solid organ transplants, the outcomes of living kidney donation and the long-term outcomes of kidney transplantation. From the PH-LEADER workshops, he hopes to further his knowledge of transplants and outside aspects of surgery and its effects on the donors and their families. Currently, he is responsible for the development and implementation of the Saudi Commission’s strategy, including its transformation to a data-driven organization (2016epresent). Basim Alsaywid, Pediatric Urology Surgeon, graduated from King Abdulaziz University then completed Saudi Board of Urology in 2007. He obtained his Pediatric Urology Training Certificate from a fellowship at Westmead Children Hospital and then Sydney Children Hospital at Randwick, Sydney, Australia. During his fellowship training, he completed his Master of Medicine degree from the University of Sydney in Clinical Epide?miology with focus on biostatistics, and then he completed his Master’s in Health Profession Education from King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Alsaywid founded the research offices at the College of Medicine and College of Applied Health Sciences at King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences in Jeddah. Also, he founded and chaired the Research and Development Department at Saudi Commission for Health Specialties in Riyadh. Currently, Dr. Alsaywid is the Director of Education and Research Skills at Saudi National Institute of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

• 1. The Challenges in the HealthCare in the post-COVID-19 era2. The enabling technologies for the Digital Transformation3. A value driven approach to the delivery of patient centric top-quality health services4. Analytics and Enhanced Decision Making in Health5. Best Practices for Training towards Digital Transformation and Sustainable health