Dubai Health Authority holds virtual forum to mark UAE Innovates 2021nbsp;

  • Date: 23-Feb-2021
  • Source: Zawya
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:UAE
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Dubai Health Authority holds virtual forum to mark UAE Innovates 2021nbsp;

He highlighted that in line with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai and the National Strategy for Advanced Innovation, the DHA will continue to focus on healthcare innovation to further advance the health sector and provide patient-centered care.Senior DHA officials including Dr. Alawi Alsheikh Ali, Deputy Director General and Dr. Mohammed Al Redha, Director of Project Management Office, Informatics and Smart Health attended the virtual forum.Doctor for Every Citizen initiative: Dr. Alia Rafi, Acting Director of Specialized Program Services Department at DHA's Primary Health Care Sector highlighted that telehealth is emerging to be a vital service globally in the new healthcare landscape. Dr. Rafi said, “DHA quickly adapted its existing telemedicine platform and expanded it with agility to ensure we provide community members with a virtual health consultation service during COVID-19.”The Dubai Health Authority's (DHA's) Doctor for Every Citizen telemedicine service has provided 88,000 telemedicine consultations during the period from January 2020. Out of the total consultations, 7251 were medical consultations for COVID-19 patients and 13,437 were COVID-19 related consultations such as queries on vaccination eligibility, screening procedures etc.The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) launched