The third Abu Dhabi Primary Health Care Conference concluded yesterday with more than 10 mini-conferences. The participants recommended the need to apply the latest developments and follow the recommended standards in various fields to improve patient care and emphasize the importance of education. Continuous use of medical personnel, start using artificial intelligence techniques, and «teaching devices» in the fields of radiology diagnostics.
Dr. Omar Al Jabri, Medical Executive Director of the Outpatient Therapeutic Services Conference, said: “Many of the tracks at the conference focused on common topics such as child health and common diseases in children such as allergies, asthma and mental health. "Chronic diseases, how to control and prevent them, as well as discussing preventive screening for early detection, whether through radiology, laboratory tests or physician evaluation."
The recommendations of the conference included the need to develop plans for the prevention and treatment of obesity in the category of children, and work to divert cases that need to be assessed for chronic and metabolic diseases, and unify efforts to reduce smoking, especially e-cigarettes, and joining the physician and the family to deal with asthma, and increase community awareness of the importance of Continuous diagnosis and follow-up, early detection and diagnosis of autism, and seeking to include and add «clinical pharmacist», as a functional title within the facilities, the primary health care, and develop strategies in cooperation with various agencies to deal with critical and emergency cases, and The impact of accidents and injuries in remote areas, the provision of treatments for the treatment of snake bites, the provision of training and equipment to deal with emergency deliveries in remote areas, and the use of technological means to improve communication with patients, through a virtual clinic or telemedicine.
Recommendations included early detection of lung cancer through screening through low-dose CT scans each year, conducting bone density measurement for all women and men, according to Abu Dhabi Department of Health standards, early screening and diagnosis of measles, follow-up of contacts, and addressing misconceptions. In terms of immunizations, the shift from traditional medical performance assessment to competency assessment, and a focus on the mental and physical health of the doctor, to enable him to provide better health care.
Speakers recommended the importance of starting with the use of artificial intelligence techniques, and "teaching devices" in the areas of radiology such as chest scan for pulmonary tuberculosis, mammography for early detection of breast cancer, measurement of bone age in children and adolescents as an adjunct to radiologist, and not as a means of dispensing. The work and experience of radiologists, which increases the accuracy of the diagnosis, helps to detect pathological conditions in its early stages, which can be hidden from the human eye.
«Abu Dhabi Healthcare» stressed the need to develop plans to prevent and treat obesity in the category of children.