1. Osama Elhassan, PhD Head of eHealth, Dubai Health Authority
From Patient-Centric to Patient-Led Care Best Practices in the Middle East
Osama Elhassan, PhD
Head of eHealth, Dubai Health Authority
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2. Agenda About me What’s on in the UAE UAE Healthcare in a Nutshell
Health Information Exchange
1st GCC eHealth Workforce Development Conference
Opportunities Ahead
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3. About Me Software Engineer by training
7 years in health Informatics roles
Still experiencing withdrawal symptoms of academia addiction!
Today Head of eHealth at
Leading the Dubai-based HIE initiative (NABIDH) within Dubai Strategy
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4. What’s on in UAE… UAE Vision 2021 UAE National Innovation Strategy
UAE Strategy for AI
Dubai Future Foundation
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5. UAE Healthcare in a Nutshell
World Class Healthcare
Collaboration between Public & Private
Accreditation (International & National)
Focus on Preventive Medicine
Reduction of Cancer & Life Style Diseases
KPIs (10 main ones)
Ranked 28th in the Health Quality Index (2016)
Average Life-Expectancy 68.3 (2016)
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6. Our Challenges Rising Cost of Healthcare Lack of Continuity of Care
Insurance (Fee-for-service vs. Value-based)
Cost of Health Workers
Lack of Continuity of Care
Primary vs. Tertiary
Hospital-Centric care delivery
Lack of Evidence-Based Decision-Making
Point-of-Care, Population Health
Moving to a Patient-centric ecosystem
HIE, Telemedicine, PHR, etc.
Workforce?

7. The Responsive Government
Dubai’s NABIDH Kickoff 2016
The Ministerial Retreat Dec. 2013
UMR- Decision 2015
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8. The Health Information Exchange in a NutshellAI
Block-chain
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9. The Health Information Exchange Sustainability
Consortium Selection
Sound Business Case
PPP: Availability-based Payment
Compelling use cases

10. The Program
3-day conference
Up to 10 training eHealth workshops
Rich scientific program with international speakers from US, Europe & Australia
Transfer knowledge on methodologies to empower youth to engage in eHealth
Announcement of the eHealth workforce survey results
Save the Date: 1st GCC eHealth Workforce Development Conference, Nov. 2018

11. New Opportunities around the Corner
Open the door for International Companies…but not too wide!
Leverage your Workforce through:
Academia
Professional training
Apprenticeship programs
Be ready for the new era of Digital Healthcare
Data Scientist and AI-empowered Healthcare professionals
Information Governance & Privacy officers: HIPAA and GDPR
Patient transfer specialists
Digital Healthcare Technology auditing and accreditation

12. Osama Elhassan, PhD Head of eHealth, Dubai Health Authority
Thank you!
Osama Elhassan, PhD
Head of eHealth, Dubai Health Authority
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