UAE wins two prestigious awards from HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award Middle East2020
The UAE, represented by the Ministry of Health and Prevention, was able to win two awards from the International Organization for Information Systems and Healthcare Management (HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award) Middle East2020. For the two categories of innovation and achievements in healthcare in the field of information technology and digital health. This victory comes within the framework of the process of reaping achievements and consolidating the country's position in the fields of global competitiveness and its positioning at the forefront in many global reports and indicators. In fulfillment of the UAE's vision aimed at strengthening its position among the best countries in the world in the field of electronic and smart healthcare.
The Ministry of Health and Community Protection won the first place in the innovation category for the early hearing screening project for newborns, which relies on the latest global electronic technologies in early hearing detection devices and the development of the smart electronic unit in the electronic health file “Warid”. The Ministry's robotic pharmacy project has also reached the final list of the best innovative projects. The Ministry won the first place in the category of achievements in health care for the electronic stroke unit project, which aims to standardize the clinical practices of stroke patients in accordance with international standards, thus contributing to reducing the time of receiving treatment and the rate of morbidity and mortality.
The latest digital health standards
His Excellency Dr. Yusuf Muhammad Al Serkal, Director General of the Emirates Foundation for Health Services, stressed the importance of winning the award in a global forum among the elite of international health care institutions, which strengthens the country's position on the international health map, and reflects the competitive capabilities that characterize the health sector in order to achieve the Ministry's strategy to provide comprehensive health care And integrated in innovative and sustainable ways and developing health information systems according to international standards, in order to consolidate the advanced position that the country occupies in the field of health care technology, with the aim of reaching the ranks of the most innovative countries in the world, indicating that the Ministry is continuing to enhance the competitive capabilities of the health care sector in the country and achieve Sustainability in health services, through the development of medical policies, procedures, protocols and international best practices.
Attracting medical innovations
Youssef Mohamed Al-Serkal praised the outstanding performance of the work teams that achieved this global achievement, after a high-level competition with the best health institutions in the Middle East, which reflects the Ministry's keenness to make qualitative shifts in the interest of patients using the latest standards of digital health and artificial intelligence, to enhance operational efficiency And improving the patient experience and attracting the latest smart systems and solutions in diagnosis, prevention and treatment, including early examination of hearing in newborns and distinctive care for stroke patients. He noted his happiness that Ibrahim Obaidullah Hospital received the Diamond Award from the International Stroke Federation, the first hospital in the UAE and the Gulf region to receive this global award, as an indicator of the efficiency of the country's health system and the results of its long investment in the digital health infrastructure, and attracting medical innovations to improve health care methods.
Enhancing healthcare technology
In turn, Dr. Kalthoum Al-Balooshi indicated that the Ministry of Health and Prevention's winning of the two awards at the HIMSS conference is an appreciation and global recognition of the efficiency of the Ministry's projects in health care technology and the distinguished management of hospitals in the field of automating clinical processes and following the best digital health standards. Pointing out that the early hearing screening project for newborns depends on the introduction of innovative technology and smart application and is implemented in all Ministry hospitals that provide services for women and childbirth, after being linked with the health care technology system "Warid", where early intervention contributes to the access of newborns to appropriate health care, which improves Their opportunity to develop their language, speech style and communication skills.
The program also aims to create an electronic database to follow up cases of hearing impairment.
Dr. Kalthoum noted that the electronic stroke unit project has achieved remarkable results in developing best medical practices for case management and focusing on prevention and rapid treatment to save patients' lives within the golden hour, in addition to registering the hospital in records that help them monitor the performance of their data and plan it according to the approved indicators. In addition to providing the necessary training to improve the skills of the medical staff, as part of the Ministry's strategy to develop health services, make positive change, improve health care quality and patient outcomes, and keep pace with the latest international practices.
