Dubai: Dubai Health Authority (DHA) will launch in August an expanded second phase of its unified electronic medical records system dubbed Salama in Dubai Hospital, Dubai Diabetes Centre, the Family Gathering Centre and all Primary Health Care Centres, said health officials on Sunday.
Salama, launched in February 2016, is a DHA-wide project to enable patients and doctors access to medical records through a patient e-portal and ensure that patient e-files are available across all DHA health facilities.
Salama records are now accessible through the unified e-portal at Rashid Hospital, Al Barsha Health Centre, Airport Medical Centre, Dermatology Centre and Dubai Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Centre.
To date, more than 1.4 million DHA patient records and more than 112 million transactions have been transferred to the Salama system.
Amani Al Jassmi, Director of Information Technology at the DHA, said in a statement on Sunday that patients will be requested to provide their Emirates ID, medical card and health insurance to streamline the system.
A further third phase of the Salama initiative is set to launch in November to include Latifa Hospital, Hatta Hospital, Thalassemia Centre, Dubai Gynecology and Fertility Centre and all DHA Medical Fitness Centres.
Al Jassmi has said that Salama will allow vital patient information such as the medical history of the patient and his family, the surgeries the patient underwent, lab test results and X-ray reports, to be accessed by DHA doctor at the ease from all DHA facilities.
This will reduce the patient’s waiting time, reduce costs and allow patients to communicate with doctors quickly.
Al Jassmi said Salama will also allow doctors to use pre-customised order sets in seconds to provide patients the care they deserve faster. It will help nurses access patients medical record instantly and from anywhere. It will allow admins to prepare and print reports for patients more quickly so that they can focus their time on more important tasks and finally it will enable allied health to assess patient’s progress using historical lab results to make more informed decisions on their care.
Al Jassmi said that what makes Salama special is that it integrates 25 applications in one interface making it easier to access different applications at the click of a bottom.
Furthermore, it will provide health care providers across the DHA network with quick access to patient records.
She said that the health care providers will receive consolidated and integrated patient information, which gives providers a rapid, complete overview of the patient’s condition.
She added that 11,000 DHA employees will be trained to use Salama.
Sixty employees who have worked on implementing Salama have been trained in the UAE and in the US by the international company EPIC.
