The effect of digital governance in risk management in health institutions amidst Corona Pandemic: A study applied on a sample of workers in health institutions

This study aimed to identify the existing situation and the extent to which digitization of governance contribute in enhancing the role of health institutions in preventing the spread of epidemics by managing and containing the risks resulting from the spread of the Corona virus and reducing its risks. It was applied to a representative sample of health institutions workers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which included (50) members. The data was analyzed using the statistical analysis program, statistical packages for the social sciences, and many results and recommendations were presented. The results revealed that there is a clear tendency towards digitization of governance in health institutions in the Kingdom, which resulted in a superior ability to manage risks during the pandemic, limit its spread and reduce its risks, as it was found from the statistical tables for the respondents’ response to the elements of the hypothesis related to the first factor (governance of formulating plans for risk management) and the second element (The digital governance of health institutions) reflected positive responses by more than (90%) of the total responses