The Impact of Implementing Health Data Governance on the Sustainability of Employees' Job Performance: An Applied Study on the Medical Centers of Majmaah University

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the impact of implementing health data governance, with its five dimensions—accountability, transparency, compliance, privacy and confidentiality, and data quality—on the job performance sustainability of employees at Majmaah University's medical centers. The study addresses a clear research gap: the scarcity of applied studies linking health data governance to job performance sustainability in Saudi academic health institutions. The study employed a descriptive-analytical approach and utilized a comprehensive survey of all 85 employees at Majmaah University's medical centers during the second semester of the academic year 1447 AH. A questionnaire specifically designed to measure the two variables was used, and the data were analyzed using SPSS software with descriptive statistics, simple linear regression analysis, and Pearson's correlation coefficient. The results showed a high level of health data governance implementation, with an overall mean of 3.915. The privacy and confidentiality dimension had the highest score (3.98), while the transparency dimension had the lowest (3.84). The variable of job performance sustainability also recorded a high level in three dimensions with an overall mean of 3.736, except for the dimension of performance stability over time, which came in at an average level of 3.18. All five hypotheses were accepted with high statistical significance (p < 0.001), with correlation coefficients ranging between 0.781 and 0.827. Health data governance explained between 61% and 68% of the variance in job performance sustainability. The data quality dimension was the most influential (R² = 0.684), followed by compliance (R² = 0.678). The study revealed that 81% of participants had not received specialized training in health data governance despite high levels of implementation, highlighting the need for the development of sustainable training programs. This study contributes to enriching the Arabic literature in the field of health information management and provides statistical evidence that health data governance is a strategic pillar for achieving sustainable performance, supporting the goals of digital health transformation in the Kingdom's Vision 2030.