Boost for Dubai’s digital health drive
DHA honours hospitals linked to electronic medical record system
The Digital Health Strategy aims to deliver patientcentric and datadriven health care services, regulation and integration through digital innovation.
The Dubai Health Authority held a workshop yesterday at the Emirates Towers in Dubai with more than 100 key health care stakeholders including health providers and technology partners to discuss the Dubai Digital Health Strategy.
The strategy aims to deliver patient-centric and datadriven health care services, regulation and integration through digital innovation.
The workshop presented an opportunity to provide a detailed overview of the strategy and an opportunity for stakeholders to provide their feedback prior to the finalisation of the strategy for the health sector of Dubai.
Ahmad Al Nuaimi, CEO of Corporate Shared Support Services Sector is a key component for the success of this strategy and that building a digital ecosystem for the health sector is in line with the emirate’s digitisation strategy that aims to provide the highest quality of services to community members.
Digital transformation
Dr Nahed Monsef, Director of Strategy and Governance Department DHA, said: “A digital strategy provides a detailed framework to help us achieve digital transformation across all areas of the health sector from health care management and processes to patient services so that we can best utilise technology to further bolster the health system….”
Objectives of the strategy
Digitising the patient journey across the continuum of care.
Defining governance framework, legislations and policies for digital health.
Maximising interoperability of health care systems
Utilising robust up-todate infrastructure
Utilising advanced information management, data analytics and AI.
Leading the field of Digital Health Research and Development
Establishing a Digital Health ecosystem by empowering a digital community and creating platforms for human capital training and planning
Dr Mohammad Al Redha, Director of DHA’s Health Informatics and Smart Health Department, said: “A digital strategy in health care will benefit the health sector, enhance patient delivery and provide data to plan effective evidence-based population health and disease prevention strategies. At the same time, it will empower patients with digital tools to track their health and well-being.”