Saudi Arabia has made digital health a top priority for the development of the Kingdom’s health services, said Saudi Health Minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah.
Speaking during the opening ceremony of HIMSS & Health 2.0 Middle East Digital Health Conference & Exhibition, he explained that a number of projects were launched, including the “Mawid” application, which provides a central reservation service.
A total of 14 million people registered via this application and more than 60 million appointments have been booked through it.
In addition, the telehealth service app, "Sehha", allows anyone to communicate with a doctor remotely, the minister said, adding that app has been providing a health service to many patients for more than two years now.
"There are many projects underway, including the ‘Nafees’ project, which includes an integrated health system and a unified health file, whose results will appear soon. It is a huge project and is expected to take several years to complete,” he continued.
Al-Rabiah pointed to the ministry's intention to unify its applications through “Sehhaty” app, expecting it to be launched at the beginning of 2021.
Artificial intelligence (AI) will have an active role in making a paradigm shift by linking different devices in digital health, he stressed.
“We, in the Kingdom, believe that digital health will make a huge difference in providing health services. so, it is one of the pillars of the fundamental transformation that we are working on in the health sector,” he remarked.
