KAUST, Lean Business Services join hands to advance digital healthcare in Kingdom

KAUST, Lean Business Services join hands to advance digital healthcare in Kingdom

Saudi Gazette reportTHUWAL, Saudi Arabia — King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) formalized their collaboration with Lean Business Services, the digital arm of the Saudi health sector, by signing a memorandum of understanding to continue R&D activities related to artificial intelligence (AI) and data science with the aim to achieve a “smart health” ecosystem in the Kingdom. Lean Business Services is a government-owned company operating under the Ministry of Health and working as a key enabler of e-health innovation in the Kingdom through its digitization initiatives and products. During the COVID-19 pandemic, KAUST and Lean Business Services collaborated to assist the Saudi Ministry of Health in their decision-making process by providing trends and analysis of the spread of COVID-19, using advanced AI tools. “The global pandemic pushed innovation in healthcare to the forefront of the global agenda. Here at KAUST we immediately pivoted our research to finding solutions, but we didn't do it alone. We collaborated with our partners to discover, test