DHA forms CEO council

His Excellency Humaid Al Qutami, Director General of Dubai Health Authority (DHA), recently formed a CEO council for the authority and assigned members to the council. The aim is to ensure integration and coordination between the various corporations and sectors in line with the new DHA structure.
 
“The formation of this council will help us accelerate our plan towards implementing DHA’s new structure,” said Al Qutami. “It will help enhance decision-making processes, efficiencies and help improve the overall functioning of the sector.”

The council will be chaired by Al Qutami and includes 12 CEOs from DHA. It will meet regularly to discuss pertinent issues and monitor performance and developmental projects to fulfil the authority’s strategic goals, which are in line with Dubai Plan 2021.

Al Qutami also highlighted the benefits of the new structure, the importance of streamlining a sector that is one of the growing sectors in the emirate and emphasised that provision of high-quality specialised care, patient safety and satisfaction are at the core of the authority’s priorities. 

According to the new structure, DHA will have two subsidiaries: Dubai Healthcare Corporation and Dubai Health Insurance Corporation. The structure also includes three new strategic sectors: Strategy and Corporate Development, Health Regulation and Shared Corporate Support Services.

“The medical sector in Dubai is one of largest, with 31 hospitals, around 3,700 private health clinics that have around 35,000 employees with more than eight million patient visits annually in the private sector,” he said. “Additionally, there are 40 DHA governmental health facilities — DHA hospitals, primary healthcare centres, medical fitness and specialised healthcare centres — with around 13,000 employees that see about four million customers annually. 

Such a large sector needs streamlining and governance framework to enhance efficiencies and further improve patient care, which is our key area. The new structure provides us with an ideal business and operating model to achieve our objectives.”