The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) took part in the annual UAE eHealth Week which is organised by HIMSS, Dubai
The programme was attended by Awad Al Ketbi, assistant deputy secretary of the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention Support Services Sector, Mubaraka Mubarak Ibrahim, director of information technology department, and Ali Alajmi, director of health information systems department, in addition to health care experts in the UAE and around the world.
The discussions shed light on recent updates in healthcare digitalisation and the provision of innovative solutions in the fields of automation and health information management in accordance with the highest international practices.
Keeping pace with the recent technologies of digital health
Al Ketbi stressed the importance of the UAE eHealth Week in developing healthcare services to learn more about the latest updates of digital health technologies and new innovations through health information systems and technology.
“This, in turn, will help strengthen the healthcare experience, reduce expenditures and implement the best-approved practices, with a view to improving healthcare outcomes in the UAE, within the framework of reinforcing its leading position in health-services-related global indicators and achieving the global standards of healthcare quality,” he added.
Achieving the transition to smart services
Al Ketbi said MoHAP is keen to develop its e-health services according to smart government enablers by creating operational plans to incorporate digital technologies and smart applications to improve healthcare safety and efficiency.
“In order to do so, we depend on the management of massive data, predictive modelling, Block-chain technologies, in addition to using data analysis and artificial intelligence in medical services, with a percentage of 100 per cent, in accordance with the UAE Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2031, the National Agenda 2021 and the UAE Centennial 2071,” he elaborated.
Population health management
He underlined the significance of the national unified medical records ‘Riayati’.
“It is a digital health platform providing updated data for patient records. This programme helps promote and empower the UAE’s healthcare sector and develop health information systems, as well as the application of world-class standards in the management of medical facilities infrastructure and the development of appropriate technology for the population health management. Such a programme is clear-cut evidence on the UAE’ advanced position in healthcare technology,” he concluded.
