Assessment of Kuwait Health System Towards Telemedicine Readiness & Adoption: Organizational and Technical Issues.

This study aims to assess the organisational readiness to predict the success of telemedicine system implementation in Kuwait. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with: (1) IT managers to assess the readiness of the technical infrastructure of Kuwait health system; and (2) policy makers to assess the organisation's ability to receive telemedicine. A set of policies and strategies were developed to demonstrate how the Kuwaiti health system could be ready for telemedicine services.