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HIMSS UAE eHealth Week 2019

Startup building user-centric health record on blockchain

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Medicalchain SVP of Operations Wael Alkhalidi said the company is using distributed ledger technology to enable patients to find all their medical data in one place.

 

AI will become effective in 2-3 years, hospital exec says

Artificial intelligence is "jumping information technology," but robots will still require human beings, according to Mahmoud Saleh El Halik, the head of Health Informatics at Latifa Women and Children's Hospital.
 

State of health IT in the Middle East? Heading toward patient-centric care

Health IT in the region is moving in the right direction but still needs improved efficiency amid rising expectations and similar or shrinking budgets, says Wolters Kluwer Channel Partner and Alliances Manager Hany Rakha.

 

Dubai hospital on achieving EMRAM Stage 6 and striving for Stage 7

Rajakumari Ravikumar, director of nursing with Dubai Health Authority (DHA), discusses identifying super-users, communicating benefits to the staff and working together on the journey.

 

A look at the Dubai Health Authority's patient matching work

DHA nurse Ashish Ann John describes the agency's initiative to integrate devices and informatics with the EHR to improve experience for pediatric patients.