Al Owais: A project to link students’ health data with “Education”
Unifying the medical files of patients at the state level at the end of this year
The Minister of Health confirmed before the council that a model for assessing students' psychological conditions on scientific grounds had been developed.
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The Minister of Health and Community Protection and Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs, Abdul Rahman bin Muhammad Al Owais, revealed that the ministry will finish by the end of this year the completion of the project to establish a “unified medical file” for patients at the state level, with the aim of unifying medical records for organic and psychiatric patients, thus improving the quality of the system. Health care and patient safety, explaining that the new project will allow patients to move from one hospital to another, without the need to take papers and documents for health examinations and statements, which will shorten effort and time, to solve all health problems.
The Minister also revealed, during the Federal National Council session, which was held yesterday evening, chaired by the Speaker of the Council, Saqr Ghobash, to discuss “the policy of the Ministry of Health and Community Protection regarding the promotion of mental health in the country”, another project under study to link the health files of school and university students. With the Ministry of Education, within the "My Care" system.
In detail, the Federal National Council, during its session the day before yesterday, chaired by the Speaker of the Council, Saqr Ghobash, adopted 13 parliamentary recommendations, while discussing the issue of “the policy of the Ministry of Health and Community Protection in the matter of promoting mental health in the United Arab Emirates”, most notably “integrating mental health.” In all policies and strategies of the education sector and the public community services sector, and coordinate with the concerned authorities to develop awareness programs about the dangers of using narcotic substances and their negative effects on society, and to establish a unified central database at the state level, showing the prevalence rates of mental disorders and their classification at the level of government health sectors And the local and private sector, and adjusting salaries, job privileges, and career advancement opportunities for professionals and workers in the field of mental health to attract and motivate the specialized workforce, and developing training and qualification programs for specialized cadres in the field of psychiatry, with a focus on specialized competencies in the field of psychiatry.For children, addicts and people of determination.”
During the session, a member of the Council, Youssef Abdullah Al-Batran, asked the Minister of Health about the role played by his ministry in establishing centers for the treatment and research of diabetes and its prevention, and the Director General of the Emirates Foundation for Health Services, Dr. People with diabetes registered in 2010 from 18.9% to 11.8% in 2018, and followed the recommendations of the World Health Organization and the American Diabetes Association, where the Emirates Foundation for Health Services adopted an integrated strategy and methodology in the field of providing health services, starting with prevention and then treatment through a network of health centers and a comprehensive and integrated work system, starting from the patient’s home and his family And primary health care centers and general and specialized hospitals, and a plan has been developed to raise awareness of the disease, where about 500 awareness programs and campaigns have been implemented during the past three years, and periodic awareness programs have been held to qualify diabetic patients to do self-care, and they have also participated in the National Diabetes Prevention Program.
He emphasized the integration of diabetes services in 70 primary health care centers in the various emirates of the country, working under the supervision of multidisciplinary medical teams, trained on the latest national and international scientific evidence within the clinics for non-communicable diseases. Specialized services were also provided, including: diabetes foot treatment and digital camera. To examine the fundus of the eye and link it with specialized hospitals, and launch the Etmanan initiative in primary health care centers for early detection and provision of preventive and curative services.
While the member, Sheikha Obaid Al Tunaiji, asked a question about the ministry’s measures to reduce the rate of smoking in the country, the minister replied, “The UAE was able to reach the national indicator and surpass it in 2021 through concerted efforts to combat smoking, and we are continuing initiatives with various parties.” He added that “electronic cigarettes are among the Challenges and changes of the times, and they trade randomly, and all countries need to deal with the new challenge in a different way by setting special specifications and standards to prevent its random circulation.
This cigarette was prohibited, which created a parallel market that was more harmful to individuals and the economy, and there was an agreement between the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, to regulate and monitor this market,” pointing to coordination with the Ministry of Industry and Technology and the Ministry of Health to set Emirati standards for electronic cigarettes.
The council’s discussions witnessed several interventions, questions and proposals, which were submitted by the council members to the minister, and he responded to them, revealing that the ministry will complete the completion of the project to create a “unified medical file” for patients at the state level, by the end of this year, explaining that the project aims to unify the medical records of organic and psychological patients. In a manner that improves the quality of the health care system and patient safety, and emphasizes the importance of health data to evaluate performance, automate the service system, exchange digital information, and preserve the patient’s previous medical record.
The minister stressed that the ministry had started working on this ambitious project since the beginning of 2020, but the challenges of the "Covid-19" pandemic caused delays in the procedures related to its implementation.
He stressed that the ministry had completed the automation of 10 million medical files within the "My Care" electronic health care platform.
The new mechanism
The Minister of Health and Community Protection and Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs, Abdul Rahman bin Muhammad Al Owais, confirmed that the new mechanism will allow patients to move from one hospital to another easily, without the need to take papers and documents for health examinations and statements, which will play an important role in shortening the effort and time. To solve all health problems.
The minister revealed another project to link students' health files with the Ministry of Education, within the "My Care" system, pointing out that "the project is still in the process of being implemented, but there is a major challenge it is currently facing, which is not to compromise the confidentiality of patients' data."
He pointed to the coordination of the Ministry of Health and Community Protection with the Ministry of Education, to hold a set of training workshops to help social workers detect some mental illnesses early, stressing the development of a model for assessing students' psychological conditions on scientific grounds, and training approximately 553 school workers to discover any An early flaw in mental health.
With regard to the issue of the discrepancy in prices and services provided by psychiatric treatment centers and destinations of the private sector, the minister stated that he cannot enter into this framework until the legislative framework in the field of health insurance is completed.
• «The ban on electronic cigarettes has created a parallel market that is more harmful to individuals and the economy».
• 10 million medical files have been completed by the Ministry within the "My Care" electronic health care platform.
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