Patricia de Pablos is a Professor of Business Administration at the University of Oviedo in Spain. Her field of research focuses on knowledge management, healthcare sector, innovation, information technologies and technological disruption. She has contributed to numerous academic publications. She has wide editorial experience in journals, books and book series. She serves as Editor in Chief of International Journal of Asian Business and Information and Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management.

• Section I: Lessons from Covid-19 pandemic, healthcare services, and preparedness for the future1. Can digital and social media change access to healthcare information?Chintan B. Zinzuvadia, Abhishek Ghosh, Ramya Ravi and Manthan D. Janodia2. Food safety and online food delivery apps post-COVID-19 in Greater Jakarta—IndonesiaSevenpri Candra and Adinda Syifa Nurazizah3. Technology for early detection and diagnosis of mental disorders: An evidence synthesisApurvakumar Pandya, Pragya Lodha and Ankita Gupta4. Critical analysis of digital mental health applications for healthy agingPragya Lodha, Shreya Makhija and Avinash DeSousaSection II: Healthcare systems and healthcare workforce: toward digital transformation5. Opportunities and challenges facing the accounting information system in medical institutions when adopting Internet of ThingsOmar Ikbal Tawfik and Hamada Elsaid Elmaasrawy6. The future of digital health in the era of space internetBader H. Shirah and Marwa O. Zakour7. Sleep stage classification using a convolutional neural network based on heart rate variability featuresGeri Arisandi and Nico Surantha8. Application of artificial intelligence and digitalization in medical education and various surgical specialities: concerns and prospectsDharmendra Kumar Pipal, Vibha Rani Pipal, Rajendra Kumar Pipal and Seema YadavSection III: National healthcare visions and digital transformation of healthcare services and infrastructures in Asia9. Telehealth services for aging patients in Pakistan: Understanding challenges and developing regionally relevant support through social policySara Rizvi Jafree, Florian Fischer, Nadia Bukhari and Ammara Naveed10. Digital health in ASEAN an exploratory analysisMuhammad Anshari, Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos and Mohammad Nabil Almunawar11. A comparative evaluation of the use of social media platforms by multinational and Indian pharmaceutical companiesDominik Prager and Manthan D. Janodia12. Digital transformation of myopic retinopathy: insights from the Asian perspectiveJie Xu, Hai-Long He, Xuan-Yu Chen and Zi-Bing Jin13. Healthcare travel resilience through digital healthcare adoption: lessons from Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemicBrian Kee Mun Wong and Tatyana Bastrygina14. AI-powered digital health: bridging the gap for elderly populations in the evolving healthcare ecosystemMuhammad Anshari, Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos and Mohammad Nabil Almunawar15. Digital transformation of healthcare services and infrastructure in Asia: the metaverse bound?Brian Kee Mun Wong, Sivakumar Vengusamy and Clarice Sze Wee ChuaSection IV: National healthcare visions and digital transformation of healthcare services and infrastructures in gulf region16. The role of big data in healthcare in Gulf regionOmar Ikbal Tawfik and Ahmad Hayek17. Artificial intelligence and the delivery of patient-centered care in the Gulf region: navigating the ethical landscapeAdhari Al Zaabi and Aasim I. Padela18. Ensuring governance for quality, safety, and efficiency of medicines in the state of Kuwait: a call for actionAhmad Salman, Sungsoo Chun, Alyaa Mousa, Mariam Alsanafi, Zahra Alsairafi,19. Telehealth: business models and commercializationFarnia Velayati, Haleh Ayatollahi, Morteza Hemmat and Reza DehghanSection V: Trends and Implications for healthcare research agenda and policy20. Healthcare transformed: a comprehensive survey of artificial intelligence trends in healthcare industriesA. Parveen and G. Kannan21. The evolution and challenges of healthcare policy and research in the Middle EastSaadat M Alhashmi

Patricia de Pablos is a Professor of Business Administration at the University of Oviedo in Spain. Her field of research focuses on knowledge management, healthcare sector, innovation, information technologies and technological disruption. She has contributed to numerous academic publications. She has wide editorial experience in journals, books and book series. She serves as Editor in Chief of International Journal of Asian Business and Information and Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management.

• Section I: Lessons from Covid-19 pandemic, healthcare services, and preparedness for the future1. Can digital and social media change access to healthcare information?Chintan B. Zinzuvadia, Abhishek Ghosh, Ramya Ravi and Manthan D. Janodia2. Food safety and online food delivery apps post-COVID-19 in Greater Jakarta—IndonesiaSevenpri Candra and Adinda Syifa Nurazizah3. Technology for early detection and diagnosis of mental disorders: An evidence synthesisApurvakumar Pandya, Pragya Lodha and Ankita Gupta4. Critical analysis of digital mental health applications for healthy agingPragya Lodha, Shreya Makhija and Avinash DeSousaSection II: Healthcare systems and healthcare workforce: toward digital transformation5. Opportunities and challenges facing the accounting information system in medical institutions when adopting Internet of ThingsOmar Ikbal Tawfik and Hamada Elsaid Elmaasrawy6. The future of digital health in the era of space internetBader H. Shirah and Marwa O. Zakour7. Sleep stage classification using a convolutional neural network based on heart rate variability featuresGeri Arisandi and Nico Surantha8. Application of artificial intelligence and digitalization in medical education and various surgical specialities: concerns and prospectsDharmendra Kumar Pipal, Vibha Rani Pipal, Rajendra Kumar Pipal and Seema YadavSection III: National healthcare visions and digital transformation of healthcare services and infrastructures in Asia9. Telehealth services for aging patients in Pakistan: Understanding challenges and developing regionally relevant support through social policySara Rizvi Jafree, Florian Fischer, Nadia Bukhari and Ammara Naveed10. Digital health in ASEAN an exploratory analysisMuhammad Anshari, Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos and Mohammad Nabil Almunawar11. A comparative evaluation of the use of social media platforms by multinational and Indian pharmaceutical companiesDominik Prager and Manthan D. Janodia12. Digital transformation of myopic retinopathy: insights from the Asian perspectiveJie Xu, Hai-Long He, Xuan-Yu Chen and Zi-Bing Jin13. Healthcare travel resilience through digital healthcare adoption: lessons from Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemicBrian Kee Mun Wong and Tatyana Bastrygina14. AI-powered digital health: bridging the gap for elderly populations in the evolving healthcare ecosystemMuhammad Anshari, Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos and Mohammad Nabil Almunawar15. Digital transformation of healthcare services and infrastructure in Asia: the metaverse bound?Brian Kee Mun Wong, Sivakumar Vengusamy and Clarice Sze Wee ChuaSection IV: National healthcare visions and digital transformation of healthcare services and infrastructures in gulf region16. The role of big data in healthcare in Gulf regionOmar Ikbal Tawfik and Ahmad Hayek17. Artificial intelligence and the delivery of patient-centered care in the Gulf region: navigating the ethical landscapeAdhari Al Zaabi and Aasim I. Padela18. Ensuring governance for quality, safety, and efficiency of medicines in the state of Kuwait: a call for actionAhmad Salman, Sungsoo Chun, Alyaa Mousa, Mariam Alsanafi, Zahra Alsairafi,19. Telehealth: business models and commercializationFarnia Velayati, Haleh Ayatollahi, Morteza Hemmat and Reza DehghanSection V: Trends and Implications for healthcare research agenda and policy20. Healthcare transformed: a comprehensive survey of artificial intelligence trends in healthcare industriesA. Parveen and G. Kannan21. The evolution and challenges of healthcare policy and research in the Middle EastSaadat M Alhashmi

Patricia de Pablos is a Professor of Business Administration at the University of Oviedo in Spain. Her field of research focuses on knowledge management, healthcare sector, innovation, information technologies and technological disruption. She has contributed to numerous academic publications. She has wide editorial experience in journals, books and book series. She serves as Editor in Chief of International Journal of Asian Business and Information and Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management.

• Section I: Lessons from Covid-19 pandemic, healthcare services, and preparedness for the future1. Can digital and social media change access to healthcare information?Chintan B. Zinzuvadia, Abhishek Ghosh, Ramya Ravi and Manthan D. Janodia2. Food safety and online food delivery apps post-COVID-19 in Greater Jakarta—IndonesiaSevenpri Candra and Adinda Syifa Nurazizah3. Technology for early detection and diagnosis of mental disorders: An evidence synthesisApurvakumar Pandya, Pragya Lodha and Ankita Gupta4. Critical analysis of digital mental health applications for healthy agingPragya Lodha, Shreya Makhija and Avinash DeSousaSection II: Healthcare systems and healthcare workforce: toward digital transformation5. Opportunities and challenges facing the accounting information system in medical institutions when adopting Internet of ThingsOmar Ikbal Tawfik and Hamada Elsaid Elmaasrawy6. The future of digital health in the era of space internetBader H. Shirah and Marwa O. Zakour7. Sleep stage classification using a convolutional neural network based on heart rate variability featuresGeri Arisandi and Nico Surantha8. Application of artificial intelligence and digitalization in medical education and various surgical specialities: concerns and prospectsDharmendra Kumar Pipal, Vibha Rani Pipal, Rajendra Kumar Pipal and Seema YadavSection III: National healthcare visions and digital transformation of healthcare services and infrastructures in Asia9. Telehealth services for aging patients in Pakistan: Understanding challenges and developing regionally relevant support through social policySara Rizvi Jafree, Florian Fischer, Nadia Bukhari and Ammara Naveed10. Digital health in ASEAN an exploratory analysisMuhammad Anshari, Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos and Mohammad Nabil Almunawar11. A comparative evaluation of the use of social media platforms by multinational and Indian pharmaceutical companiesDominik Prager and Manthan D. Janodia12. Digital transformation of myopic retinopathy: insights from the Asian perspectiveJie Xu, Hai-Long He, Xuan-Yu Chen and Zi-Bing Jin13. Healthcare travel resilience through digital healthcare adoption: lessons from Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemicBrian Kee Mun Wong and Tatyana Bastrygina14. AI-powered digital health: bridging the gap for elderly populations in the evolving healthcare ecosystemMuhammad Anshari, Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos and Mohammad Nabil Almunawar15. Digital transformation of healthcare services and infrastructure in Asia: the metaverse bound?Brian Kee Mun Wong, Sivakumar Vengusamy and Clarice Sze Wee ChuaSection IV: National healthcare visions and digital transformation of healthcare services and infrastructures in gulf region16. The role of big data in healthcare in Gulf regionOmar Ikbal Tawfik and Ahmad Hayek17. Artificial intelligence and the delivery of patient-centered care in the Gulf region: navigating the ethical landscapeAdhari Al Zaabi and Aasim I. Padela18. Ensuring governance for quality, safety, and efficiency of medicines in the state of Kuwait: a call for actionAhmad Salman, Sungsoo Chun, Alyaa Mousa, Mariam Alsanafi, Zahra Alsairafi,19. Telehealth: business models and commercializationFarnia Velayati, Haleh Ayatollahi, Morteza Hemmat and Reza DehghanSection V: Trends and Implications for healthcare research agenda and policy20. Healthcare transformed: a comprehensive survey of artificial intelligence trends in healthcare industriesA. Parveen and G. Kannan21. The evolution and challenges of healthcare policy and research in the Middle EastSaadat M Alhashmi