UAE: Now access all your medical records on single app, launched at Gitex Global in Dubai

UAE: Now access all your medical records on single app, launched at Gitex Global in Dubai

Through the portal, patients will be able to access the latest information related to their doctors’ visits, laboratory results and radiology reports, medications, allergies, conditions, immunisations, discharge summaries, and more.

The DoH unveiled the portal at GITEX Global 2022, in the presence of its chairman, Abdulla Al Hamed, and other key officials.

Health officials during the launch at Gitex Global in Dubai Image Credit: Supplied

Connecting facilities

The Health Portal follows the launch of the Malaffi platform in 2019 to connect all health facilities and create a unique medical record for each patient. Its rollout is considered among the fastest Health Information Exchange (HIE) rollouts globally, and it currently connects all hospitals in the emirate, along with 99 per cent of all patient episodes in Abu Dhabi. The portal supports a patient-centric approach that is focused on facilitating better-informed and shared decision-making between patients and healthcare providers, the DoH said in a statement.

The Malaffi Health app is available both on Apple Store and Google Play, whereas there is a dedicated website online. Patients will have to securely log in with a verified UAE Pass account, or with their email address after verifying personal information.

Empowering patients

“Malaffi is a key pillar of Abu Dhabi’s pioneering digital