Dubai: The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH) and Microsoft have signed an agreement to collaborate on advancing the use of AI and digital technology in the healthcare sector.
Through the agreement, the two entities will explore the potential of leveraging AI platforms for innovation in healthcare, including to improve patient outcomes, increase efficiencies, and enhance health research and services.
As part of the agreement, the two parties will create a joint working group to facilitate collaboration and communication on this project. The group will study the development and deployment of AI technologies, sharing best practices and lessons while also identifying challenges and barriers that could arise from their use.
The collaboration will also explore the deployment of an employee experience platform that can gather real-time insights to enable smarter working, enhanced performance, and an improved workplace culture at the Department of Health (DoH).
The agreement is expected to present multiple opportunities for cross-industry learning, including in terms of healthcare knowledge for generative AI technologies. In turn, AI has the capacity to support decision-making in the healthcare sector by identifying areas of concern and predicting the impact of new regulations and policies. The DoH remains committed to safeguarding data integrity and privacy as it looks into integrating the most advanced solutions towards improving health services in Abu Dhabi.