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H.E. Mubaraka Ibrahim, CIO and chief AI officer of Emirates Health Services, says the country is building an AI governance model that pairs clinical innovation with policy, training and prevention-focused population health.
Dr. Yasir Khan, clinical director at Oracle Health, says leveraging AI to integrate and analyze clinical and social data will enable clinicians to spot disease risk earlier so patients can live longer, healthier lives.
Dr. Yacine Hadjiat talks about Dubai Health's new Innovation and Technology Center, which cements the organization's role as an integrated academic health system focusing on patient-centered digital medicine.
Ahmad Awada of Mediclinic Middle East says that successful digital health transformation relies on involving clinicians, nurses and even patients early to discover what each group needs and the usability of any proposed tools.
Atif Albraiki, Dubai Health's chief digital and AI officer, says the organization is prioritizing change management and AI literacy among staff and re-engineering its operations to gain the most benefit from digital transformation.
Louiza Chitour, 10FT Ventures cofounder, says countries in the Middle East and Africa (MENA) need investors, policymakers and startups to align on funding and designing digital health solutions that can benefit the region.
Dr. Amina Al Jasmi talks about how Emirates Health Services is scaling AI across radiology to boost early diagnosis for TB, stroke and osteoporosis, train junior radiologists and enable proactive medicine.
Hamad Medical Corporation's Amr Metwally says Qatar's Itqan Simulation and Innovation Center is a "wind tunnel for innovation" where health systems can validate and scale technology in a patient-free environment.
CH Health Tech Advisory's Christian Hein says that AI promises a technological revolution to rival the steam engine. However, leaders must be wary of vendors who overpromise, because AI is still maturing.
Mahmood Adil of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh talks about how strong country-level digital health strategies require data, a skilled workforce, public-private partnerships and global collaboration.
Sam Shah, NEOM's director of health data, says a promising use case for AI in value-based care could be in patient-facing "coaching" tools to support patients in areas such as mental health or weight management.
Mobile health expert Robert Istepanian talks about how digitally mature countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE can help neighboring areas modernize care delivery by sharing knowledge and leadership training.