UAE: Ministry launches health management system

Dubai - Aim to promote involvement of communities and civil society organisations in health promotion programmes

The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has launched the ‘Public Health Management’ system with the aim to enhance prevention and management of public health projects, promote the involvement of communities and civil society organisations in health promotion programmes, in cooperation with the public and private sector.

The new system works as a national platform and future database that was specifically designed to create a health-supporting digital environment and a responsive and sustainable healthcare system that embraces the global standards on the management of health facilities infrastructure and targets the promotion of public health and disease prevention.

The launch of the platform came on the sidelines of MoHAP’s participation at the Arab Health 2021.

The Public Health Management system aims to equip public health specialists with integrated tools to monitor and manage initiatives and activities as well as to enhance the response to their evolving requirements, which will contribute to making a paradigm shift in the healthcare system.

The centralised database of this system would help health services providers in the front lines and public health decision-makers access important information, which would help improve the health outcomes and rationalise healthcare spending.

The platform will also help in the rapid and accurate reporting of contagious diseases.

The platform was developed in partnership with Etisalat - technology partner – and Health Matrix. Etisalat will provide the Baxter ICNET, a clinical surveillance platform, while Health Matrix will be responsible for the management of the project governance and delivery.

This project is seen as a qualitative shift in the march of the health sector towards digital transformation and utilisation of artificial intelligence to achieve highly efficient preventive healthcare services and enhance the quality of their outputs.

This comes as part of the ministry’s focus on outreaching and education programmes against today’s diseases related to technology, hybrid foods, and an unhealthy lifestyle, in line with the future priorities of the UAE government, and according to a national action plan, timeframes, and indicators to monitor performance and evaluate results as per international best practices.