Yes, the high-side protection devices like the MAX17525, MAX17608 and MAX17613 can be used as High-Side Load Switches with great success. They have excellent protection characteristics that allow them to be used on external-powered interfaces, such as: External power for sensors, External system power, DC Motor Power, and others. They have advantages over standard load-switches in: the ability to provide accurate current limits as well as output that current to the MCU for monitoring, very small packaging compared to the total power being sourced, reverse polarity protection without the requirement of an external diode, and the OVLO, UVLO, Over-Temp, Over-Current functions.