According to studies and surveys conducted world‐wide, government incentives and current legal frameworks, private initiatives and investments, technology available at a reasonable price, and public acceptance of the internet as an efficient medium for buying goods and services are driving ecommerce growth. Academics, information technology experts and even politicians in Greece are aware of these essential requirements as well. However, although internet access has grown significantly and the digital foundations are there, ecommerce is yet to reach measurable levels in Greece. This paper attempts to explain the reasons why and suggests corrective actions by all those actively involved with Greek ecommerce.
The deployment of an electronic medical records (EMR) raises several important issues. Those addressed in this study are the access to such a system, the satisfaction on the security and authorization protocols to follow, the awareness of backup and recovery mechanisms in place, and the appreciation of the training of the IT staff. This qualitative study took place in the natural setting of the medical units' environments. A purposive sample of 40 professionals in Greece and Oman was used. The study underlines that the patients should have access to their records, whereas for the pharmacists the professionals' views are seriously divided. Every other person's access to such a record should be restricted and recorded. The professionals are satisfied with the security level, the ICTs training, and the backup and recovery mechanism in place. They almost all admitted there is an authorization schema followed to access the EMR. The main contribution of the study is the proposal of a framework of policies and procedures for the development of such a system.
It is a known fact that Saudis make very heavy use of all types of information technologies, especially smartphone texting and social media socializing. The question is what are the deeper qualities of this behavior and how do they impact the Saudi society overall. This is one part of the study of Social Media impact in Saudi Arabia and is focusing on the motives or obstacles for revealing, or not, one's true identity over the social networks. The results of this preliminary qualitative study suggest Saudis are reluctant to accept the motivations for such an action but they don't seem to agree with the proved concerns related to the threads associated with it.
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