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Telehealth Application Guidelines

NHIC guidelines for telehealth applications, including hosting

Type	Guideline
Issuing authority	Ministry of Health (MOH)
Framework	Health data
Tier	Guidelines & circulars
Legal status	In force
Instrument number	National Health Information Center (NHIC)
Dates	NHIC; undated; current
Last verified	2026-10-20

The National Health Information Center (NHIC) Telehealth Application Guidelines (undated) set requirements for telehealth applications used in the Kingdom.

• Data storage must be hosted within Saudi Arabia.
• Cloud hosting must use a CST-approved cloud provider.
• Applications must comply with NCA and NDMO requirements.

Documents

• Official source (nhic.gov.sa)

In this framework

• Law of Ethics of Research on Living Creatures and its Implementing Regulations
• Regulations and Requirements for Conducting Clinical Trials on Drugs (v4.0)
• Saudi Health Information Exchange Policies (IS0303 v1.0)
• MoH internal Data Governance Policy (v0.1)
• Saudi eHealth Security and Privacy Interoperability Specification (IS0101)
• Guidance on AI/ML-Enabled Medical Devices (MDS-G010)
• Guidance on Pre-Market Cybersecurity of Medical Devices (MDS-G38)

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