The first in a series of on-going educational and training programmes for Wareed, the federal initiative designed to revolutionise public healthcare sector delivery in the UAE, was launched for key officials of  UAE public healthcare department.

The move is aimed at familiarising them with the project’s management, implementation timelines, benefits, and usage.

Held at the Sharjah Medical School, the programme was attended by 250 MoH executives and heads of concerned departments such as radiology, pharmacy etc as well as medical district directors.

The event comprised a series of in-depth presentations and demonstrations detailing the diverse components of Wareed while focusing on the project’s key aspects and their applications on the day-to-day work of UAE-based medical professionals.

The event marked the official introduction of Wareed to internal stakeholders within the MoH as well as to the country’s medical community, the members of which will play a pivotal role towards the achievement of the new system’s objectives and its acceptance by the general public.

Wareed is a change towards a better, more efficient, effective, productive and error-free public healthcare sector.

Proper education and training is crucial to instil positive change in the mindset of all layers of MoH employees as well as the UAE’s healthcare professionals, said a health official. 

Once completed, Wareed will provide physicians with greater access to patients’ medical history, complete, faster and accurate access to critical patient information at any given time and increased efficiency and collaboration amongst specialists and staff.

Paramedical staff will gain instant access to critical and up-to-date patient history during a crisis, improved communication with physicians and other healthcare facilities, in addition to reduced incidence of medical errors as patients’ data is captured, stored and retrieved more accurately.

Wareed will be implemented over three years with the first two medical facilities scheduled to come on line by mid 2009.

Every three months thereafter two hospitals along with the affiliated primary care centers will go live with the system. All hospitals and clinics will be fully utilizing the system by October 2011.-TradeArabia News Service