UAE to set up ‘digital’ hospitals in the post-COVID-19 period

Technology continues to play an important role in healthcare in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the post-pandemic period of COVID-19 and the country will set up a series of ‘digital’ hospitals ‘ Future.
This is confirmed by Mr. Ali Juma AlAjme, Director of Digital Health Department of the UAE Ministry of Health at the first Middle East Digital Health Forum held in Dubai recently.

Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine is given to people in Dubai, UAE on February 28, 2021. Photo: AFP/VNA According to the above official, Big Data technology will help UAE health authorities control the COVID-19 pandemic more effectively. In the future, the country will have more “digital” hospitals so that people can access telemedicine solutions more often. AlAjme expert affirmed that the UAE has enough modern infrastructure to provide the best healthcare services. This is in line with the UAE government’s Information Technology Strategy 2021 and the National Innovation Strategy, which focuses on efforts to make the UAE a fully “digital” country. In addition, the “UAE Vision” plan also focuses on applying cloud computing to create positive changes in the healthcare sector. The UAE currently has two laws in place regarding healthcare providers. The first is the Law on Health Information Technology, which regulates the use of technology in healthcare. The second is the law on medical examination and treatment processes and procedures for parties building telemedicine systems. In fact, high-tech infrastructure and the development of the health sector are the “backbone” of the UAE in the current fight against COVID-19. Decisions about distributing preventive vaccines, opening field hospitals or building isolation areas are all based on digitized real data. Last year, the UAE Ministry of Health also implemented the Tatmeen digital platform to secure the supply chain in the healthcare industry. This platform helps to track medical products in the supply chain, helps promote transparency, prevents unauthorized or expired products.