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UAE ’ s Ministry of Health partners with SAS to launch AI Centre of Excellence
T he Ministry of Health and Prevention , MoHAP officially launched the UAE health sector ’ s first Centre of Excellence , COE for artificial intelligence . The centre aims to promote the digitalisation of health data , employ smart technologies to develop health capacities and offerings , and establish a comprehensive digital service ecosystem providing service users with sustainable , innovative , highquality services .
According to the Ministry , the COE , which was assigned Emirati cadres to manage its advanced technology in collaboration with SAS , a global vendor in AI and analytics software , whose experts will cover seven fields of expertise . The first is licensing medical facilities , using AI to facilitate location selection for hospitals and medical centres by providing analytic results to investors before they apply for medical facility licenses . The centre will also support doctors to secure necessary licenses based on national needs .
Furthermore , there will also be an organ donation and transplant centre to match donors and patients through test results , helping to facilitate organ transplants and prioritise critical cases both within and outside the country . AI will also be used to analyse the results of radiological scans , increasing the efficiency of diagnoses . In addition , the new centre will launch an AI lab in December of this year .
The COE will also manage the nation ’ s strategic stock of medicines using AI to link databases and analyse usage in order to establish needs-based distribution strategies . It will track the shipment of medicines from the country of manufacture all the way to the patient , with additional linkage to other national systems .
The Ministry noted that the COE will enhance the analysis of birth and mortality data , which will help to better analyse causes of death and related data . This function will play an important role in managing the Ministry ’ s crisis , emergency , and disaster centre . Finally , the centre will assist in data security control and big data analysis , which will contribute to strengthening the cybersecurity of the Ministry ’ s network .
To shed further light on the goals of the COE , HE Ahmed Ali Al Dashti , Assistant Undersecretary for the Ministry ’ s Support Services Sector , said that the centre is one part of the Ministry ’ s vision to develop digital services by applying the latest service technologies , among them AI , big data , and cloud computing . Through this step , the Ministry is aligning with the UAE ’ s National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence 2031 and the vision of the UAE Centennial 2071 .
HE Al Dashti noted that the establishment of the Centre of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence is the fruit of a joint venture between MoHAP and SAS , a vendor in the field of data analysis and AI , in line with the leadership vision to leverage the latest technological innovations , using big data for predictive analysis of information and more effective decision-making . •
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