Transformation of health care and the new model of care in Saudi Arabia: Kingdom’s Vision 2030

Abstract

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia espoused “Vision 2030” as a strategy for economic development and national growth. The vision demonstrated the Kingdom’s objectives to become a pioneer nation globally by achieving three main goals: a vibrant society, a thriving economy, and an ambitious nation. To fulfill this, the Kingdom launched a national transformation program (NTP) as outlined in “vision 2030” in June 2016. The health care transformation is one of the eight themes of the NTP’s. The history of health care facilities in the Kingdom is almost a century. Although the Kingdom has made notable progress in improving its population’s health over recent decades, it needs to modernize the health care system to reach the “vision 2030” goal. This article aims to describe the new Model of Care (MOC) according to the recent Saudi health care transformation under the Kingdom’s vision 2030. The MOC concept started with understanding the current state and collecting learnings. It is based on the six systems of care (SOC)- keeping well, planned procedure, women & children, urgent problems, chronic conditions, and the last phase of life. The SOC is cut across different “service layers” to support people’s stay well and efficiently get them healthy again when they need care. The new MOC describes a total of forty-two interventions, of which twenty-seven split across the six SOC and the rest fifteen cut-across the multiple SOC. Implementation of all MOC interventions will streamline the Saudi health care system to embrace the Kingdom’s “vision 2030”.

Knowledge and attitude of pregnant women in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia toward Noninvasive prenatal testing: A single center study

“…We believe that incorporating a similar practice to the United States in which pregnant women are seen separately by a genetic counselor is feasible as the number of genetic counselors in Saudi Arabia are increasing due to increased number of genetic counseling training programs in the region (Qari et al, 2013 ). A limitation to this approach is that we can think of covering the demand for different regions in the country, however, with the newly launched government transformation programs which include initiatives for electronic health and telecom health, we believe that remote counseling sessions would increase the geographical area of patient coverage using available advanced telecommunication technologies (Chowdhury et al, 2021 ). As a result, this would increase the awareness of pregnant women in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.…”

Structural Factors and Quality of Diabetes Health Services in Hail, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study

“…Vision 2030, the national strategic plan to achieve health and economic prosperity in Saudi Arabia by 2030, has recognized the elimination of health disparities in patients with chronic diseases as a public health priority [ 12 , 13 ]. Diabetes is an important chronic disease condition targeted by this initiative.…”

“…The government of Saudi Arabia has focused on controlling the epidemic using educational, screening and treatment interventions. The government’s national strategic plan, Vision 2030, has given high priority to controlling the chronic diseases prevalent in the country [ 12 ]. This study is aimed at identifying the personal and structural factors associated with diabetes among people in Hail, Saudi Arabia.…”

Patient Knowledge About Diabetes: Illness Symptoms, Complications and Preventive Personal Lifestyle Factors

“…As per Vision 2030, the Saudi government is very particular about controlling chronic diseases. 20 Therefore, this study finding will be beneficial and vital for the public and health policymakers in Saudi Arabia to design and implement intervention programs to increase awareness among diabetes patients of the illness symptoms, complications, and preventive personal lifestyle factors.…”