Focus on innovation, training to improve efficiency: Mohammed

Dubai / WAM

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai visited the head office of the Dubai Health Authority to inspect the flow of work and vital projects announced as part of Dubai’s strategic plan for 2016-2021.
HH Sheikh Mohammed commended the health authority’s ambitious strategy and stressed that he takes a keen interest in ensuring all possible support to comprehensively upgrade its services and facilities, and contribute towards spreading the culture of happiness and enhancing social
stability in Dubai.
Praising the staff of the health authority for its efforts to advance performance and quality of services, he directed the top officials to focus on innovation, research and development, as well as training of the national staff to improve
efficiency.
He was briefed by Director and Chairman of the Board of the Dubai Health Authority, Humaid Mohammad Obaid Al Qatami, on the initiatives and plans developed to enhance health services and help establish Dubai as an attractive destination for healthcare investments, and medical and family tourism.
These include a smart system developed by the emirate’s health regulator to determine the cost of treatment at hospitals, clinics and health centres, and generate revenue reports.
Al Qatami’s presentation also explained how an ambitious strategy developed by the health authority would ensure better institutional performance and measure improvement in a transparent way in order to achieve the goals.
HH Sheikh Mohammed was also briefed about an initiative to standardise and digitise all medical files of patients at public and private health facilities.
Other projects that he learnt about included a new 1,000-bed medical complex, expected to contribute to plans to attract more than 500,000 medical tourists from the UAE and overseas, by 2020. The 10-storey Rashid Medical Complex would house state-of-the-art equipment, 250 wards, 1,000 out-patient clinics as well as amenities such as a five-star hotel, green residential buildings and shopping areas.
HH Sheikh Mohammed also examined plans to build dialysis units and long-term medical care centres in Al Barsha, Tawar, Zaabeel, Uptown Mirdiff and other areas in Dubai.