UAE Ministry Of Health Launches Blockchain-Based Storage Platform

The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) along with the help of the Ministry of Presidential Affairs and the Dubai Healthcare city including a few other important authorities have announced their plan of launching a blockchain-based health data storage platform. In our blockchain latest news, we read more about the new platform.

According to the Emirates News Agency, the new blockchain-based data platform wants to solve and improve the efficiency of the UAE ministry of health and other health authorities and to bring smart health services. The solution will help the users to streamline the search for health facilities and other licensed medical and technical staff as well as to inquire about the medicine supply chains.

According to the Director of the Public Health Policy Department, Dr. Lubna Al Shaali, the new blockchain-based data storage will help secure a decentralized, encrypted and unchangeable database that will provide high-security protection and can easily verify data validity and reliability. According to the ministry’s plans for introducing artificial intelligence into the health systems, the platform will also feature AI functionalities. Dr. Amin Hussein Al Amiri who is the Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health and Prevention’s public health policy stated:

“The AI-based projects will play a key role in enhancing the capabilities of health care services and providing smart medical solutions, in accordance with the UAE Centennial 2071, and its artificial intelligence strategy.’’

Earlier this month, as per the DC Forecasts reports, about 80 percent of the government entities in the United Arab Emirates started using blockchain. Over the past few months, the Department of Economic Development in Dubai announced to be moving to a blockchain-based unified business registry platform and to improve the ease of doing business in the country and to enable license issuers in order to manage trade licenses and corporate registries. Being decentralized, efficient and transparent, the entire healthcare sector will see huge benefits from the blockchain technology. There are some challenges as well ahead but the industries will adapt to the real-world applications when it comes to policy, regulation and patient relationships.