Talk:Abu Dhabi Department of Health

Proposed Improvements
•	Information to be added or removed: My proposal is a new edition for the article:

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 and main regulations

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.

In 2011 the Authority introduced premarital screening and counselling, and the Jawda initiative, a grading system for pharmaceutical services which was extended in subsequent years with hospital ratings and the monitoring of key medical services performance, with 50 clinical outcome indicators.

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 Emirates. Also in 2018, a new regulation to mandate dispensing of generic medicines was introduced.

In 2019 the Department launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab initiative, dedicated to developing healthcare solutions through emerging technologies. The same the Authority created a Strategic Partnership Council to strengthening partnerships between public and private healthcare providers.

By 2019, the Department regulated 46 primary healthcare centres, 12 hospitals (community and general), 4 specialised centres and 3 dental centres in the public sector, and more than 800 centres in the private sector.

External links

Department of Health website

The Healthcare Law Review - United Arab Emirates

•	Explanation of issue: Information to complete the page, with more data and more sources. I have COI.

•	References supporting change: in the proposed article

Thanks!--Myounes22 (talk) 11:09, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

Reply 22-JUL-2019

 * Below you will see where proposals from your request have been quoted with reviewer decisions and feedback inserted underneath, either accepting, declining or otherwise commenting upon your proposal(s). Please read the enclosed notes within the proposal review section below for information on each request.

Regards, Spintendo  11:49, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
 * 1) It was not clear what sections of text were to be removed, if any. Please clarify.
 * 2) The proposed External links section was implemented in the article.

Request edit
Response to point 1: all text not mentioned in the proposal should be removed (otherwise, there will be repeated and disorderly information)

Proposal Review:

In all cases, I include a new version of the text, with additional links to be placed at the end of each paragraph (I do not reproduce the references added in the original proposal, but in no case these are modified).

Note 1:

I include a link to the official website of the Department, where the Jawda initiative is explained, and where there is a link to all the details.

My new proposal with added link:

In 2011 the Authority introduced premarital screening and counseling, and the Jawda initiative, a grading system for pharmaceutical services, developed to improve the quality of the patient's experience in Abu Dhabi. Jawda was extended in subsequent years with hospital ratings and the monitoring of key medical services performance (waiting times, incidents during interventions, unplanned readmissions, infections in interventions, death rates, among others). Jawda is generated on a quarterly basis. https: //doh.gov.ae/resources/jawda-abu-dhabi-healthcare-quality-index

Note 2:

New proposal with added link:

In 2019 the Department launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab initiative, dedicated to developing healthcare solutions through emerging technologies (machine learning, distributed intelligent systems, expert systems). The Department considers that "AI can play a central role" in improving healthcare services and research, in: https://www.haad.ae/HAAD/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=C5W0f0QCVto%3D&tabid=1276
 * Diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.
 * Patient monitoring and Patient Engagement.
 * Pharmaceutical manufacturing
 * Research into new treatments and Precision Medicine.
 * Targeted population health programs.
 * Access to healthcare.
 * Billing and insurance processing.

Note 3:

New proposal with added links:

The same Authority created a Strategic Partnership Council to generate a continuous communication channel between public and private healthcare providers. In 2019 it launched "Malaffi", a system that will connect public and private health providers throughout the Emirate. https://www.haad.ae/haad/tabid/58/ctl/Details/Mid/417/ItemID/808/Default.aspx https://www.himssme.org/dubai/2019/related/148 https://www.thenational.ae/uae/health/thousands-more-abu-dhabi-patients-set-to-have-medical-records-uploaded-to-shared-database-1.883679

This link explains the characteristics of the public and private system of the Emirate. I don't know how it could be included in the text: https://usuaebusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/HealthcareReport_Update_June2014.pdf Myounes22 (talk) 04:27, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

Reply 5-AUG-2019
Below you will see where proposals from your request have been quoted with reviewer decisions and feedback inserted underneath, either accepting, declining or otherwise commenting upon your proposal(s). Please read the enclosed notes within the proposal review section below for information on each request. Also note that the direction all text not mentioned in the proposal should be removed could not be implemented. Text which is to be removed needs to be stated verbatim in the request. Spintendo 13:09, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

Request edit
About note 2: The AI Lab initiative has already been implemented. The phrase could be this: "In 2019 the Department launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab initiative, dedicated to developing healthcare solutions through emerging technologies (machine learning, distributed intelligent systems, expert systems)."

About note 3: For a better understanding, it can be added that the communication channel will be established between centers, the patient´s medical records will be available in the system for permanent consultation between both health systems. Myounes22 (talk) 11:01, 14 August 2019 (UTC)


 * The word "initiative" does not make clear what this policy entails, which are actually regulations and guidance issued by the government's regulators for future technology (the innovations trialled under the Dubai Future Accelerator Programme). The information on the regulations may be added because those are in effect now, but the actual wording of those regulations should be included rather than the description of it as just an "initiative", which is not a very informative description on its own. With regards to the second request, the language used to describe this is using future tense (e.g., the communication channel will be established between centers and the patient´s medical records will be available in the system for permanent consultation between both health systems). For this to be added, the description needs to be in the present tense per MOS:TENSE. Regards,  Spintendo  11:20, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Request Edit
About note 2: Is it possible to make a brief description such as the indicated phrase - replacing the word with Program -? and the reader which needs more information, will investigate in the reference articles. The phrase could be this: "In 2019 the Department launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab program, dedicated to developing healthcare solutions through emerging technologies (machine learning, distributed intelligent systems, expert systems)."

About note 3: As in the paragraph mentioned above, this should not be the place to comment on the technological implications of the communication channel, which can be investigated by the reader, if it is of interest. The phrase could be this: "The same Authority created a Strategic Partnership Council to generate a continuous communication channel between public and private system, with patient´s medical records available in a shared database for permanent consultation. With this objective, in 2019 it launched "Malaffi" (Abu Dhabi Health Information Exchange)."

Paragraphs to delete:


 * "45 healthcare facilities across Abu Dhabi are available to provide meningococcal, seasonal influenza and pneumococcal Hajj vaccines for UAE citizens [4] and residents free of charge.": Please remove - it talks about a specific topic, such as vaccine placement. The number of centers is outdated.


 * "Also in 2011, 56,226 men and women preparing for marriage were tested for genetic and infectious disorders were tested between 2011 and the end of 2014. In 2014 16,247 people were tested; 342 were Beta-thalassaemia carriers, 8 had sickle-cell anemia, 205 were sickle-cell anemia carriers, 36 had syphilis and 140 had hepatitis B.": Please remove - it talks about a specific topic about health data for 2011.

Thank you!--Myounes22 (talk) 05:09, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

Reply 20-AUG-2019

 * 1) ✅ The requested sections were removed.
 * 2) ❌ The requested section concerning the AI initiative was not added, as it was felt that the wording of the passage is incomplete in that it leaves out a fullsome description of the language of the initiative. The main thrust of the claim is that the Department instituted these requirements. If that is the case, then those requirements ought to be delineated.


 * The more citations needed maintenance template was omitted.

Regards, Spintendo  13:44, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
 * The claim 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 ought to be removed. The results of these individual Jawda related audits are not necessary in the article — and if anything — appear to WP:WEIGHT the article improperly, as they seem to highlight deficiencies which might reasonably be expected to arise in any health care system.