Infrastructure key to UAE healthcare
Doctor Haidar Al Yosuf, director of health funding at the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), has emphasised the necessity of a well-implemented healthcare system with strong infrastructure. Speaking at the sixth Middle East Insurance Conference in Dubai in mid-October, Doctor Al Yosuf was keen to promote sustainable financing for healthcare services as a primary component of the DHA’s drive to improve the accessibility, efficiency and quality of healthcare in the region. “[The United Arab Emirates] is turning towards health insurance as the solution, but insurance needs to be regulated well and the infrastructure needs to be in place for it to function,” he said, listing various areas in which the DHA has been solidifying that infrastructure – such as converting all insurance claims from manual to electronic, standardising communication language to best practice standard international coding, and developing Dubai’s Service List and Drug Code. “Our priority in Dubai,” he continued, “is to ensure that everyone can access healthcare services, cost is kept reasonable, service quality is high, and abuse and misuse are kept to a minimum so our health system becomes sustainable.”
Doctor Haidar Al Yosuf, director of health funding at the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), has emphasised the necessity of a well-implemented healthcare system with strong infrastructure. Speaking at the sixth Middle East Insurance Conference in Dubai in mid-October, Doctor Al Yosuf was keen to promote sustainable financing for healthcare services as a primary component of the DHA’s drive to improve the accessibility, efficiency and quality of healthcare in the region. “[The United Arab Emirates] is turning towards health insurance as the solution, but insurance needs to be regulated well and the infrastructure needs to be in place for it to function,” he said, listing various areas in which the DHA has been solidifying that infrastructure – such as converting all insurance claims from manual to electronic, standardising communication language to best practice standard international coding, and developing Dubai’s Service List and Drug Code. “Our priority in Dubai,” he continued, “is to ensure that everyone can access healthcare services, cost is kept reasonable, service quality is high, and abuse and misuse are kept to a minimum so our health system becomes sustainable.”