The UAE faces "Corona" with digital health ... and the world is meeting to develop a plan for transformation
The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has constituted a global challenge, drawing attention to the need to change the perception of the health sector and to reinforce the trend towards improving digital health services, treatment processes and telemedicine.
The digital health solutions implemented by the UAE during the outbreak of the new Corona virus, "Covid-19", contributed to enhancing the safety of community members and their access to the health care they need without the need to go to health facilities.
The health sector has succeeded in investing in the tremendous development in the telecommunications sector in the country to overcome the exceptional obstacles and circumstances imposed by the virus by providing an integrated system of medicine, diagnosis, follow-up and dispensing medicine services remotely, which contributed to enhancing physical distancing measures and protecting patients and medical personnel from infection.
The World Health Organization believes that the future of the health sector will not deviate from applications and artificial intelligence, and a global summit to be held from 25 to 27 October is currently being prepared in a hypothetical dialogue to determine priorities, adopt and improve digital health technologies.
For her part, the spokesperson for the health sector in the country, Dr. Farida Al Hosani, confirmed that the telemedicine system contributed to significantly reducing the number of patients at various medical facilities, especially the elderly and those with chronic diseases, which allowed these facilities to mobilize their human and material energies to face the repercussions of the spread of the virus. And optimal handling of the infected cases that receive treatment with them, as well as achieving the greatest possible social distancing within the corridors of these facilities, whether from hospitals, medical centers or outpatient clinics.
Dr. Farida Al Hosani pointed to three main aspects of using the telemedicine system during the previous period, namely, firstly dealing with the elderly and people with chronic diseases and avoiding them leaving the house as much as possible in order to protect them and protect them from the virus, and secondly in the delivery of medicines to homes after conducting a remote medical consultation. And third, in dealing with people with "Corona", whose condition does not require hospitalization, as they are monitored and supervised by specialists remotely.
She said that the telemedicine system has been effectively harnessed in facilitating the work of vaccination programs in addition to implementing prevention and health awareness programs.
She explained that the implementation of the comprehensive electronic medical file project for patients in the UAE contributed to the success of the telemedicine system that was implemented by many health authorities during the period of the spread of the new Corona virus, based on the complete medical information provided by this file about the patient, which the doctor can obtain On it directly, regardless of the place where the treatment was received, thus providing the possibility of providing the medical solution through various electronic media.
Since the beginning of the spread of the new Corona virus, the health authorities in the country have revealed many initiatives aimed at providing health and treatment advisory services to patients remotely through various technologies and smart media, around the clock.
The Ministry of Health and Prevention has launched an electronic platform called "The Virtual Doctor of Covid-19", through which people can assess the symptoms that appear on them and whether these symptoms are related to the emerging corona virus "Covid-19", or not.
In addition to that, the Ministry has developed the services of specialized clinics and turned them into electronic using digital information and communication technologies within its treatment system for telemedicine in all its hospitals in response to the precautionary measures and measures to prevent the emerging corona virus "Covid-19".
The system includes all medical specialties, nursing, pharmacy and supportive medical services by providing treatment services and medical advice to patients remotely without the need to review hospitals in a pattern that simulates the quality of the usual medical services.
For its part, the Department of Health in Abu Dhabi, in cooperation with the "Injazat" data systems company, launched an innovative new "remote health care platform" application for devices and smart phones that allows users to access health services safely and smoothly through the possibility of remote access
to a range of services. Initial medical diagnosis and necessary medical directions and instructions.
The application benefits people with Coronavirus "Covid 19", which requires them to adhere to home isolation, as a specialized team of doctors, nurses and health professionals provides remote health care to those infected with the virus, where through the application the health status is monitored and appropriate medical advice is obtained during this period Until they recover.
The "remote health care platform" application provides a live chat feature supported by artificial intelligence technologies that assess and diagnose the user's symptoms through the application and direct them to the health care professional via the video link with the aim of providing further consultations when necessary.
For its part, Abu Dhabi Health Services Company "SEHA" launched a telemedicine service for outpatients last March, in coordination and cooperation with the Department of Health in Abu Dhabi.
And in December 2019, the Dubai Health Authority launched the smart service “Doctor for Every Citizen”, which allows UAE citizens to take free medical consultations remotely by communicating with the doctor by voice and video without the need to visit health centers.
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