Dr. Raza Siddiqui, Special to Gulf News

Articles from the author

Telehealth services will not replace face-to-face

Healthcare providers need to work on a mindset change in their patients

Adoption rates for telehealth services in the UAE are between 10%-30%. Given the investments made by hospital operators, there is more that can be gained in terms of usage.

UAE needs to move on from multi-specialty healthcare

Facilities that focus extensively on a single core treatment is the future

The COVID-19 has reshaped the world's healthcare systems, and the UAE's will change in sync.

UAE healthcare gets right dose of public and private

Working in tandem helped gain a grip on COVID-19, and this can be put to other uses too

Bringing in private healthcare facilities into the fray right at the outset of the pandemic created synergies.

It's advantage time for UAE in medical tourism

Its handling of pandemic has given healthcare sector booster shots of confidence

Focussing all of its COVID-19 tackling efforts on designated hospitals is paying off for the UAE.

UAE’s private healthcare needs corrective surgery

Mismatch between actual costs and what insurers can provide is widening by the day

UAE's private healthcare operators have pulled their weight over the years, but there are inefficiencies built into the system that will need a quick phasing out. Survival itself will depend on that.

COVID-19 confirms need to change medical sourcing

No one country should ever again be the source for all vital medical supplies

It wouldn't make sense for countries and businesses to ignore the warnings from the pandemic. Getting healthcare supplies in order is paramount.

UAE's health care cannot keep working by old rules

Even if COVID-19 pandemic recedes, health care model requires a bit of stock taking

It shouldn't be too much of a stretch imaging a bifurcation of health care services, to better serve future needs. And always keeping the pandemic lessons in mind.

Hospitals' business model must go under a scanner

COVID-19 has finally imposed the need to expand telemedicine as a viable option

The doc's just a call away... Telemedicine needs to be given its due in the new scheme of how hospitals must operate.

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