Utilising technological advancements to make processes smoother, more efficient, and paperless, Emirates Health Services (EHS ), UAE, continues to innovate its workflows even with external entities. Many projects have come up that strive to maximise our efficiencies by banking on their Oracle Cerner EHR (Wareed’s) capability of the integrated flow of information between different systems.
With a vision to promote a culture of creativity and innovation through an integrated electronic platform using their EHR Wareed, four Screening programs were identified to be included under this initiative. These include pre-employment, pre-marital, pre-university, and national reserve screening programs provided at our Primary health care centres to meet the needs of four government entities (Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Education, and Ministry of Defence). These services were reliant on manual processes that could be time-consuming. The Screening visits involved a lot of information gathering on papers and more than one visit to a physician to complete the screening process and receive a fitness certificate. Each visit was tied to at least one paper to print the fitness certificate.

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• Dubai Sharjah Ajman Umm Al Quwain Ras Al Khaimah Fujairah, United Arab Emirates

• Older persons
• Indigenous and nomadic peoples
• People with disabilities
• Remote and rural communities
• Front-line healthcare providers, healthcare facilities staff, executive leadership

This is a project with extensive technological capabilities. Any organisation with similar capabilities can replicate this model in their settings.

The core elements of sustainability were considered thoroughly when designing this project. Our leadership was convinced and engaged in the successful implementation of this program. We have created policies that define the roles and responsibilities of all users. We follow a continuous improvement cycle approach to ensure that our program is aligned with desired outcomes.

-This program aims to create a system of safe and secure, bidirectional healthcare information exchange between EHS and other entities. - It focuses on producing efficient, environment-friendly ( paperless), patient-centric and integrated solutions to meet the expectation of all services included.