New Dubai healthcare model will help patients and insurers

New Dubai healthcare model will help patients and insurers

People must always be the primary focus of any value-based healthcare system. EJADAH, the new healthcare model launched in Dubai, will do just that by providing priority to patient care. This comes when medicine and healthcare systems worldwide have risen to the challenge of quelling a global pandemic. Health agencies in the UAE too came in for praise for their concerted efforts in tackling COVID-19. Timely and effective treatment protocols, quarantine facilities and vaccination programmes prevented the disease from spiralling out of control. That the UAE never faced repeated waves of infections from mutant strains of the coronavirus is adequate testimony to the efficacy of the healthcare systems in the UAE. Now that the worst of the coronavirus is behind us, the Dubai Health Authority’s Health Insurance Corporation has unveiled a new healthcare model that will provide a fillip to the sector by delivering the best therapy while reducing expenditure. This will be achieved by drawing up evidence-based guidelines and treatment protocols for medical professionals. Officials are confident that the value-based model will enhance health services and preventive care, leading to a healthy population while reducing needless expenditure significantly since insurance providers will have all the required data. Patients will