The Abu Dhabi Public Health Center (ADPHC) was established in 2019, to ensure excellence in the principles of public healthcare within our Emirate. Through the ongoing promotion of public health initiatives and preventative health concepts, we work with the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi to preserve the health of our people and to […]

Abu Dhabi – April 5, 2021: Malaffi, the region’s first Health Information Exchange (HIE) platform, one of the key initiatives of the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DOH), has today announced that 95% of hospitals within Abu Dhabi that use Electronic Medical Records, have connected their systems to Malaffi. Malaffi now safely and securely […]

  Abdulla Bader Al Sayari, Chief Information Security Officer at the Department of Health-Abu Dhabi, reflects on the importance of the recently introduced DOH Standard on Patient Healthcare Data Privacy for ensuring patient privacy at all times. "At the Department of Health, we continually strive to maintain excellence in healthcare standards. By shaping a regulatory […]

World Kidney Day may not be as widely acknowledged as other disease awareness campaigns, but it certainly deserves our attention. Kidney disease, is a silent disease in the early stages, meaning diagnosis is often late and can result in life-long complications that require dialysis as a last resort. On March 11th, the global World Kidney […]

This week we are marking UAE Innovation Month and celebrating a Golden Jubilee of innovation - 50 years of Imagination, 50 years of Inspiration and 50 years of Inclusion. This month, the UAE became the fifth country in the world to send a spacecraft to Mars. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi […]

Today marks World Cancer Day, a global initiative which aims to raise worldwide awareness and education around the disease. A key focus of World Cancer Day is reducing premature deaths and improving the quality of a survivor’s life – an ambitious goal recognized by our leadership in Abu Dhabi. The Department of Health is committed […]

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – December 10, 2020: The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DOH) and Malaffi, the region’s first Health Information Exchange (HIE), today showcased a population risk management analytics platform at GITEX. The technology will empower the healthcare sector to support care management, improve population health and assist in ensuring continuity […]

All that the 80-year-old Emirati wanted was to get some relief from his high fever when he consulted Dr Maisa Abdalla, General Practitioner at Kanad Hospital. He had dismissed the doctor’s queries on chronic conditions he might suffer from with a cursory no. But it was imperative for Dr Abdalla to know the medical history […]

The implementation of Malaffi, as the first HIE in the Middle East, has fortified the position of Abu Dhabi as a regional leader in technological innovation and advanced healthcare. On 25th November, Malaffi participated in a webinar, together with Harvard Business Review Arabia and MTH Technology Review Arabia, to discuss in detail the true value […]