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Critical Thinking Assignment (105 points)

1. Research telemedicine services that can be or already are being offered in Saudi Arabia.

2. Discuss the leadership needed from the 5 research articles on page 4 by focusing on how leaders can inspire, respect, and reward their followers to accomplish tasks.

3. Use the below references in blue to help u and guide in writing about telemedicine in Saudi Arabia.

4. Please make your focus on the leadership of healthcare workers and medical teams using the new telemedicine technologies. These medical teams provide services for rural populations that do not have access to healthcare clinics or hospitals because of the distance they must travel to access healthcare.

5. Provide your recommendations that will help achieve a successful telemedicine service for those patients.

Create a Critical Thinking Assignment that evaluates the leadership needed to support medical teams and provide services to rural populations using telemedicine technologies.

• Be 5 pages in length, not including the cover or reference slides.

• Format APA writing guidelines.

• Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of 5 scholarly articles. Two of these sources may be from the class readings, textbook, or lectures, but two must be external.

• Use headings of your choosing to organize the content in your work.

  • Introduction

  • How Leadership Inspires Followers

  • Respect in Leadership and Teams

  • Rewarding Followers

  • Conclusion

  • References

References:

1. Modor Intelligence (2016). Market Entry - Telemedicine Industry in Saudi Arabia - Analysis of Growth, Trends and Forecast (2016 - 2021). Reterived from: https://www.mordorintelligence.com/industry-reports/market-entry-telemedicine-industry-in-saudi-arabia

2. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia vision 2030 (2016). Saudi vision 2030. Retrieved from:

vision2030.gov.sa/download/file/fid/417

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2. Ahmed, M. E., & Aldosh, M. S. A. M. O. (2014). Telemedicine and Teleradiology in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences, 13(2), 88 -90.

3. El-Mahalli, A. A., El-Khafif, S. H., & Al-Qahtani, M. F. (2012). Successes and challenges in the implementation and application of telemedicine in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia. Perspectives in health information management/AHIMA, American Health Information Management Association, 9(Fall).

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