Department of Health (Abu Dhabi)

The Department of Health-Abu Dhabi is the regulative body of the healthcare sector in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. It shapes the regulatory framework for the Emirates health system (public and private), inspects against regulations and enforces standards.

History

The Department of Health (former General Authority of Health Services for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi) was established in 2007 as part of a health system major reform.[1][2][3]

In 2011 premarital screening and counseling were introduced with the Jawda initiative, a grading system for pharmaceutical services. Jawda was extended in subsequent years with hospital ratings and the monitoring of key medical services performances such as waiting times, incidents during interventions, unplanned readmissions, infections in interventions, and death rates. Jawda is generated on a quarterly basis.[4] In 2014, 421 Jawda-related audits were carried out, which discovered failures in 4 healthcare centres in complying with room disinfection standards, cleanliness, medical device quality control standards, mixing sterile and non-sterile tools and storing medical files improperly.[5]

In 2018 the Department of Health signed with New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on a long-term study to investigate the causes of common chronic diseases among Emiratis.[6] Also in 2018, a new regulation to mandate dispensing of generic medicines was introduced.[7]

References
  1. "Health regulatory authorities - The Official Portal of the UAE Government". u.ae. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
  2. "(PDF) Health system reform in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
  3. "Abu Dhabi boosting quality of health care". Oxford Business Group. 2016-05-12. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
  4. "JAWDA – Abu Dhabi Healthcare Quality Index - Resources - Department of Health". doh.gov.ae.
  5. "Health Authority Abu Dhabi orders closure of four private clinics". The National. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  6. Dhabi, NYU Abu. "NYUAD Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Department of Health – Abu Dhabi". New York University Abu Dhabi. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
  7. Usman (2018-11-29). "New Mechanism of Dispensing Generic Medicines introduced by Department of Health Abu Dhabi". Health Insurance Arabia. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
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