UAE eHealth Week 2019

The Dubai Health Authority's initiative integrates devices and informatics with the EHR to improve experience for pediatric patients, says DHA nurse Ashish Ann John.

EHR should be a useful tool as a "sidekick," not the be-all, for engaging physicians, says Rahul Goyal, MD, physician informatics lead at Mediclinic Middle East in the UAE.

Rajakumari Ravikumar, director of nursing with Dubai Health Authority, says the key is identifying super-users, communicating benefits to the staff and working together on the journey.

Medicalchain is using distributed ledger technology to enable patients to find all their medical data in one place, says SVP of Operations Wael Alkhalidi.

Vocera Senior Clinical Executive Steven Matarelli says Smartbadge provides secure texting and the ability to add context so providers can have informed conversations.

Clinicians are looking forward to the benefits of AI, which will become effective in two to three years, says Mahmoud Saleh El Halik, the head of Health Informatics at Latifa Women and Children's Hospital.

Ian Z. Chuang, chief medical officer at Elsevier, says in a traditional model, research to bedside takes an average of 17 years. With machine learning and other new technologies, there needs to be a shorter timeline.

Clinical engagement is key to an effective digital transformation, says Chris Brice, Hyland account manager for Europe and Middle East.

Brian de Francesca, CEO of Ver2 Digital Medicine, discusses efforts to provide medical care to refugees in camps using a cloud-based electronic health record built on blockchain.

Rohit Ghosh, an AI scientist and founding member of Qure.ai, discusses how AI and deep learning are improving healthcare, giving an example of how they are advancing radiology.