The ability of computer systems to assume tasks for humans has improved efficiency in virtually every industry, from manufacturing to transportation. Now hospitals are getting into the game, deploying AI to take on challenges from diagnosing patients more quickly in the emergency room and streamlining communication between doctors to lessening the risk of complications so patients can go home sooner – and avoid being readmitted.
Take a look at how Dubai is trying to create their own version of Patient-centric healthcare, by enhancing the very foundation of healthcare infrastructure and delivery in the city. They are willing to incorporate to adopt, try and harness the power of #artificial #intelligence.
4 major highlights where Health authorities in the city have gathered much attention include:
1. EMR rollout
In 2017, Dubai Health Authority completes the final phase of Salama electronic medical records system roll-out. Dubai Health Authority continues its progress towards a fully integrated electronic patient records system. In the second phase of the Salama project, 30 million more transactions have been migrated to the EMR system. DHA health facilities added to the system were: Nad Al Sheba, Al Mankhool, Al Badaa, Al Lusaily, Al Safa and Al Zabeel PHC, Dubai Hospital, Nad Al Hamar, Family Gathering Clinic and Dubai Diabetes Centre.
2. Robot Pharmacies
After launching a smart pharmacy at Dubai’s Rashid Hospital earlier this year, the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has unveiled a robot to prescribe and dispense medication at Dubai Hospital. According to the DHA, the robot system can store up to 35,000 medicines and dispense about 12 prescriptions in less than a minute. The robot dispenses prescribed medication by using a barcode system, minimizing any human error. This smart pharmacy system follows the DHA’s adoption of a smart system to monitor pharmaceuticals in storage to ensure they are kept in the right conditions, including temperature.
3. Medical check up
Smart Kiosks The smart mobile booth will allow employees at government entities to conduct medical tests and check-ups that include blood pressure, blood glucose, body mass index (BMI), heart rate and blood oxygen levels. This kiosk/booth also offers a telemedicine feature that will allow patients to communicate with a specialized DHA doctor after the results are out for consultation. The smart mobile booth initiative is part of DHA’s Dubai Future Accelerators Projects and was kicked off at the Road and Transport Authority (RTA) headquarters, one of the four governmental bodies that will host the smart consultation booth.
4. Artificial Intelligence/ Patient centric healthcare
DHA has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with four international companies to adopt their healthcare innovations and technologies at the recent fourth cycle of the Dubai Future Accelerators programme. The companies that signed the MoU with the DHA were @Babylon, @Bodyo, @Admetsys Corporation, and @HINT Neuro.
Babylon- Babylon is a subscription health service provider that enables users to have virtual consultations with doctors and health care professionals via text and video messaging through its mobile application. The service also allows users to receive drug prescriptions, referrals to health specialists, and book health exams with nearby facilities. Babylon has created a chatbot that lets you talk with an AI that can interpret symptoms and tell a person what the problem is. It is not an official medical diagnosis, however.
A health application from Babylon will use the latest AI technology to deliver 24/7 video links for patients to consultants around the world. The app is already being used by 2.2 million patients worldwide and will be available in Dubai this summer. Around June 2018, Healthcare start-up Babylon Health said that its #artificial #intelligence(AI) was able to diagnose medical conditions as accurately as a doctor.
Bodyo- Bodyo helps communities better take care of themselves to prevent serious illnesses through free regular health assessments. Bodyo health pods are easily accessible around local communities, empowering transformation by giving you the platform to capture key health vitals in controlling diets & nutrition, monitoring sleep patterns, or just to get fit.
Bodyo health analysis pods will be rolled out in government buildings so that staff can monitor their health and spot any problems that may need a hospital check-up. With BodyO's free app one can monitor progress, set milestones, achieve goals and know yourself better.
Admetsys- Admetsys has developed a first-of-its-kind artificial pancreas for hospital and surgical care, leveraging adaptive learning algorithms and counterbalancing treatment of insulin and glucose. The company that I met and evaluated during TechEmerge Innovation program via IFC in India uses AI to monitor and regulate patients’ blood sugar levels.
Admetsys will help the city to improve the standard of care and control costs at the same time. Better glucose control in the hospital reduces mortality, reduces a range of complications and reduces a patient’s overall length of stay. Admetsys stresses on #precisionmedicine via a learning algorithm that adapts the model to the specific patient’s metabolism, to administer a correct and healthy dose of insulin and dextrose when required.
Other Admetsys innovations to be introduced in Dubai are a neuro headband to detect strokes, and flow cell sensors that alert doctors to sudden drops in the vital signs of intensive care patients. The Admetsys technology is due to be rolled out at Dubai Hospital and Rashid Hospital.
HINT Neuro- Founded in 2016 to help the millions of people who suffer from strokes every year. HiNT stands for Healthcare Innovation in NeuroTechnology and we are developing a wearable point-of-care monitoring device that detects when patients at high-risk are having a stroke. The device is a comfortable, wearable headband that will alert patients, caregivers, and emergency services in the case of a stroke.
The DHA will also roll out the Health Care and Innovative New Technology (HINT) neuro headband, designed to detect strokes in patients before they happen. This technology was originally designed for use by high-risk patients in the home, but working with doctors in Dubai has opened up new avenues for medical technology company.
As part of their innovation and AI strategy, the DHA also plans to train more than 120 of its employees in project management, programme management, portfolio management and risk management.
The #Dubai #Health #Authority (DHA) is already using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to sort out all chest X-ray scans required for mandatory medical fitness for residency purposes. This is streamlining the system, cutting down on processing time and providing a more efficient and consolidated system for issuing results.
The DHA signed an agreement with Agfa IT Health Care Systems for validation of the first radiology AI algorithm in the UAE. This is part of Dubai Health Strategy 2021 of using AI and smart systems to streamline health care in the emirate. Dubai government plans to further improve healthcare quality through automation The healthcare industry in Dubai is set to grow exponentially, with demand for world-class medical service currently outpacing supply.
To meet the growing demand on the local and regional level, the Dubai Health Authority outlined a strategy that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics to largely automate the process, in addition to identifying key public-private partnerships and contributing with weighty healthcare investments. Burgeoning healthcare market swells in the billions - According to Alpen Capital, the UAE healthcare market is expected to grow 12.7%, to nearly US$20BN (AED 71.56BN) by 2020. The UAE leads in the top 20 countries in the world with US$1,200 per capita spend on healthcare (AED 4,400), which is indicative of residents’ trust in local medical establishments to deliver the same (if not better) medical treatment in the UAE as in Europe or the USA.
To satisfy medical seekers on the local and international level, the Dubai government is supporting the growth in the medical industry with investments and ambitious initiatives. The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) introduced Dubai Health Strategy 2021, which focuses on technology and automation, in particular with AI and robotics.
With medical tourism already on the rise (and predicted to reach US$708M / AED 2.6BN by 2020), Dubai is blazing a trail in both innovative care and top-tier health facilities for medical seekers in the MENA. But in order to meet the increasing demand for better healthcare, there are gaps in the market that the DHA has identified in order to move forward, namely: investment in R&D and training, government regulation, and service delivery.
The DHA outlined clear initiatives in order to tackle these challenges, tailoring solutions for each vertical to programmes under the larger umbrella strategy. With the legal framework and foreign partnerships in place, and AI already making strides in local medical circles, it won’t be long before Dubai will secure its position as a global leader in health technology. We will witness how some of these efforts contribute to better healthcare delivery in the future as they become a part of the ongoing smart city, smart government programs in the country.
For now, some of these efforts are encouraging and are providing ample opportunities for innovative companies from across the world to make an impact in the healthcare industry in the region.
If you are an innovative company working in the field or Women health (mainly cancers), mental health or other cancer related detection and cure, feel free to get in touch with me. I am working on several projects in the region and outside where these innovations can become a part of the overall offering.
Credits:
https://www.visitdubai.com/en/business-in-dubai/why-dubai/news-and-insights/artificial-intelligence-in-healthcare
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450424753/Second-phase-of-electronic-medical-record-system-goes-live-in-Dubai
https://www.thenational.ae/uae/exclusive-full-body-health-scanners-chosen-for-uae-trial-to-aid-early-diagnosis-1.717937
https://www.usnews.com/news/healthcare-of-tomorrow/articles/2017-10-31/hospitals-utilize-artificial-intelligence-to-treat-patients
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450430353/Dubai-Health-Authority-completes-final-phase-of-Salama-electronic-medical-records-system-roll-out
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450422969/Dubai-Health-Authority-unveils-smart-medical-check-initiative
https://www.thenational.ae/uae/exclusive-full-body-health-scanners-chosen-for-uae-trial-to-aid-early-diagnosis-1.717937
Take a look at how Dubai is trying to create their own version of Patient-centric healthcare, by enhancing the very foundation of healthcare infrastructure and delivery in the city. They are willing to incorporate to adopt, try and harness the power of #artificial #intelligence.
4 major highlights where Health authorities in the city have gathered much attention include:
1. EMR rollout
In 2017, Dubai Health Authority completes the final phase of Salama electronic medical records system roll-out. Dubai Health Authority continues its progress towards a fully integrated electronic patient records system. In the second phase of the Salama project, 30 million more transactions have been migrated to the EMR system. DHA health facilities added to the system were: Nad Al Sheba, Al Mankhool, Al Badaa, Al Lusaily, Al Safa and Al Zabeel PHC, Dubai Hospital, Nad Al Hamar, Family Gathering Clinic and Dubai Diabetes Centre.
2. Robot Pharmacies
After launching a smart pharmacy at Dubai’s Rashid Hospital earlier this year, the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has unveiled a robot to prescribe and dispense medication at Dubai Hospital. According to the DHA, the robot system can store up to 35,000 medicines and dispense about 12 prescriptions in less than a minute. The robot dispenses prescribed medication by using a barcode system, minimizing any human error. This smart pharmacy system follows the DHA’s adoption of a smart system to monitor pharmaceuticals in storage to ensure they are kept in the right conditions, including temperature.
3. Medical check up
Smart Kiosks The smart mobile booth will allow employees at government entities to conduct medical tests and check-ups that include blood pressure, blood glucose, body mass index (BMI), heart rate and blood oxygen levels. This kiosk/booth also offers a telemedicine feature that will allow patients to communicate with a specialized DHA doctor after the results are out for consultation. The smart mobile booth initiative is part of DHA’s Dubai Future Accelerators Projects and was kicked off at the Road and Transport Authority (RTA) headquarters, one of the four governmental bodies that will host the smart consultation booth.
4. Artificial Intelligence/ Patient centric healthcare
DHA has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with four international companies to adopt their healthcare innovations and technologies at the recent fourth cycle of the Dubai Future Accelerators programme. The companies that signed the MoU with the DHA were @Babylon, @Bodyo, @Admetsys Corporation, and @HINT Neuro.
Babylon- Babylon is a subscription health service provider that enables users to have virtual consultations with doctors and health care professionals via text and video messaging through its mobile application. The service also allows users to receive drug prescriptions, referrals to health specialists, and book health exams with nearby facilities. Babylon has created a chatbot that lets you talk with an AI that can interpret symptoms and tell a person what the problem is. It is not an official medical diagnosis, however.
Bodyo- Bodyo helps communities better take care of themselves to prevent serious illnesses through free regular health assessments. Bodyo health pods are easily accessible around local communities, empowering transformation by giving you the platform to capture key health vitals in controlling diets & nutrition, monitoring sleep patterns, or just to get fit.
Admetsys- Admetsys has developed a first-of-its-kind artificial pancreas for hospital and surgical care, leveraging adaptive learning algorithms and counterbalancing treatment of insulin and glucose. The company that I met and evaluated during TechEmerge Innovation program via IFC in India uses AI to monitor and regulate patients’ blood sugar levels.
Other Admetsys innovations to be introduced in Dubai are a neuro headband to detect strokes, and flow cell sensors that alert doctors to sudden drops in the vital signs of intensive care patients. The Admetsys technology is due to be rolled out at Dubai Hospital and Rashid Hospital.
HINT Neuro- Founded in 2016 to help the millions of people who suffer from strokes every year. HiNT stands for Healthcare Innovation in NeuroTechnology and we are developing a wearable point-of-care monitoring device that detects when patients at high-risk are having a stroke. The device is a comfortable, wearable headband that will alert patients, caregivers, and emergency services in the case of a stroke.
The DHA will also roll out the Health Care and Innovative New Technology (HINT) neuro headband, designed to detect strokes in patients before they happen. This technology was originally designed for use by high-risk patients in the home, but working with doctors in Dubai has opened up new avenues for medical technology company.
As part of their innovation and AI strategy, the DHA also plans to train more than 120 of its employees in project management, programme management, portfolio management and risk management.
The DHA signed an agreement with Agfa IT Health Care Systems for validation of the first radiology AI algorithm in the UAE. This is part of Dubai Health Strategy 2021 of using AI and smart systems to streamline health care in the emirate. Dubai government plans to further improve healthcare quality through automation The healthcare industry in Dubai is set to grow exponentially, with demand for world-class medical service currently outpacing supply.
To meet the growing demand on the local and regional level, the Dubai Health Authority outlined a strategy that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics to largely automate the process, in addition to identifying key public-private partnerships and contributing with weighty healthcare investments. Burgeoning healthcare market swells in the billions - According to Alpen Capital, the UAE healthcare market is expected to grow 12.7%, to nearly US$20BN (AED 71.56BN) by 2020. The UAE leads in the top 20 countries in the world with US$1,200 per capita spend on healthcare (AED 4,400), which is indicative of residents’ trust in local medical establishments to deliver the same (if not better) medical treatment in the UAE as in Europe or the USA.
To satisfy medical seekers on the local and international level, the Dubai government is supporting the growth in the medical industry with investments and ambitious initiatives. The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) introduced Dubai Health Strategy 2021, which focuses on technology and automation, in particular with AI and robotics.
With medical tourism already on the rise (and predicted to reach US$708M / AED 2.6BN by 2020), Dubai is blazing a trail in both innovative care and top-tier health facilities for medical seekers in the MENA. But in order to meet the increasing demand for better healthcare, there are gaps in the market that the DHA has identified in order to move forward, namely: investment in R&D and training, government regulation, and service delivery.
The DHA outlined clear initiatives in order to tackle these challenges, tailoring solutions for each vertical to programmes under the larger umbrella strategy. With the legal framework and foreign partnerships in place, and AI already making strides in local medical circles, it won’t be long before Dubai will secure its position as a global leader in health technology. We will witness how some of these efforts contribute to better healthcare delivery in the future as they become a part of the ongoing smart city, smart government programs in the country.
For now, some of these efforts are encouraging and are providing ample opportunities for innovative companies from across the world to make an impact in the healthcare industry in the region.
If you are an innovative company working in the field or Women health (mainly cancers), mental health or other cancer related detection and cure, feel free to get in touch with me. I am working on several projects in the region and outside where these innovations can become a part of the overall offering.
Credits:
https://www.visitdubai.com/en/business-in-dubai/why-dubai/news-and-insights/artificial-intelligence-in-healthcare
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450424753/Second-phase-of-electronic-medical-record-system-goes-live-in-Dubai
https://www.thenational.ae/uae/exclusive-full-body-health-scanners-chosen-for-uae-trial-to-aid-early-diagnosis-1.717937
https://www.usnews.com/news/healthcare-of-tomorrow/articles/2017-10-31/hospitals-utilize-artificial-intelligence-to-treat-patients
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450430353/Dubai-Health-Authority-completes-final-phase-of-Salama-electronic-medical-records-system-roll-out
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450422969/Dubai-Health-Authority-unveils-smart-medical-check-initiative
https://www.thenational.ae/uae/exclusive-full-body-health-scanners-chosen-for-uae-trial-to-aid-early-diagnosis-1.717937