SEHA, Cisco collaborate to provide world-class teleconsultation services to UAE residents

SEHA, Cisco collaborate to provide world-class teleconsultation services to UAE residents

ABU DHABI - Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) and Cisco, during GITEX Global 2022, have announced the successful completion of their pilot project to provide teleconsultation solutions and digitised healthcare services.

The pilot aims to improve access to healthcare for patients and enable quicker and easier consultation for clinicians.

As part of Cisco’s Country Digital Acceleration (CDA) programme, the pilot was designed and implemented with the objective to create a virtual network of SEHA specialists irrespective of which SEHA Healthcare Facility (HCF) location they are based in. Patients and clinicians in remote areas can access virtual consultation sessions to enable quicker and easier consultation and diagnosis without the need to physically visit the specialist.

This pilot enables SEHA’s vision to improve the experience for patients and clinicians alike by decreasing waiting times and minimising travel – especially for patients in rural areas.

The project utilises advanced networking, security and collaboration technologies, and capabilities like autonomous robotics, digital medical carts, and wearables, to scale medical coverage and reduce physical contact.

At the heart of the solution, is the highly secure Cisco network that SEHA deployed and that is connecting all SEHA sites. Powered by Cisco’s collaboration technologies, patients and SEHA clinicians use the collaboration solution,