Middle East Digital Health Forum 2022 to highlight sustainable digital healthcare transformation

The second edition of the Middle East Digital Health Forum will return on June 16 in Dubai, bringing together a number of key officials, professionals, and industry leaders to highlight the role of technology and transformation in the healthcare sector.

Presented by Khaleej Times, under the endorsement of the Ministry of Health & Prevention, the event sees Hewlett Packard Enterprise as the Gold Sponsor and KeyReply as the Networking Sponsor. The in-person event will discuss the impact of digitisation on everyday healthcare and strategies to overcome challenges for sustainable digital healthcare transformation.

Experts have noted that the global healthcare ecosystem is undergoing unprecedented changes with the 4th industrial revolution bringing in technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, big data, and automation. They explained that the healthcare industry has already been slow in the uptake of the technology revolution, and that changes have brought with them several challenges. Highly developed skills and expertise are needed to solve challenges, and Middle Eastern countries have achieved a significant digital adoption rate.

The forum will see industry leaders from both the healthcare and technology sectors interacting to lay down a ground map that will help the healthcare industry on the road to sustainable digital healthcare transformation. Several leaders will take the stage to discuss emerging digital technologies in healthcare, as well as strategies to accelerate the digitisation of the health sector by addressing challenges such as rising costs, availability of skilled labor, and implementation of new technology.

Dr. Haidar Saeed Al Yousuf, managing director of Al-Futtaim Health, said that he was delighted to be participating in the event as a speaker, adding: “At Al-Futtaim Health, we’ve created a whole new healthcare ecosystem where every ‘physical’ service and touchpoint is seamlessly integrated with the ‘digital’ component, to deliver smart solutions such as Telehealth, and our most recent launch of Smart Clinics in the UAE, supported by innovative diagnostics and advanced data-assisted systems.”

rohma@khaleejtimes.com