UAE: Quicker test results as Abu Dhabi healthcare network connects labs

Mubadala Health has successfully completed the integration of laboratory systems across its healthcare partners, enabling faster, more streamlined access to advanced diagnostics and results for physicians and their patients.

All Mubadala Health providers are now connected to a single laboratory information system with physicians able to quickly and easily order from the full range of advanced tests offered by the National Reference Laboratory (NRL). Once completed, the results are available in a patient’s electronic medical record instantly, reducing the waiting period for them and speeding up decision time for physicians.

Commenting on the integration, chief executive officer of Mubadala Health, Hasan Jasem Al Nowais, said: “The majority of healthcare decisions depend on lab results. By deepening the integration between our assets and NRL, patients and caregivers benefit from faster results and easier access to advanced testing. Those results are available across the Mubadala Health network, improving collaboration throughout the patient journey as patients access our integrated world-class care.”

Mubadala Health providers are supported in their activities by NRL, which manages the onsite laboratories and processes tests at its three owned laboratories. For advanced tests such as those needed for transplant patients or genomics tests, specimens are sent to the central lab for testing.