Department of Health Abu Dhabi enhances home care medical services

Department of Health Abu Dhabi enhances home care medical services

ABU DHABI - The Department of Health - Abu Dhabi (DoH) announced the beginning of an enhanced model of home care services in the emirate, to ensure access and availability of high-quality home care medical services to eligible patients in line with international standards and global best practices.Through these enhancements, DoH will address areas of improvement to home care services including: providing clearer guidelines on patient eligibility; improving the definition of services provided in a home care setting; requiring clearer licencing requirements for home care providers, including international accreditation requirements; enhancing the supervision of home care services by competent physicians; defining clearer patient-discharge mechanisms; strengthening the home care referral process to strictly follow medical advice; and rewarding quality and better patient experience through innovative, evidence-based reimbursement structure.The enhancements will further DoH's goal of improving the patient's overall health journey and recovery through the delivery of patient-centric, high-quality and timely services.The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi's enhancements are designed to transform and further empower the emirate's healthcare sector, whilst also promoting ‘A Healthier Abu Dhabi'.© Copyright Emirates News Agency (WAM) 2021.