Ooredoo helps drive Qatar’s $9bn connected healthcare market

Digital patient records and tele-medicine are helping evolve Qatar’s healthcare market through cost-time optimisation and improved patient care, Ooredoo has said.As Qatar’s healthcare providers rapidly adopt a wide range of connected solutions, the country’s healthcare market is set to grow by 50%, from $6bn in 2016 to $9bn by 2020, according to a report by investment bank Alpen Capital.Supporting Qatar’s national goals of delivering a world-class healthcare system, in line with the National Health Strategy 2017-2022 and Qatar National Vision 2030, Ooredoo is seeing strong demand for the latest connected healthcare solutions that run on cloud technology, the company stressed in a press statement.“Bringing together medical professionals, insurance providers and patients on one real-time cloud platform is optimising costs and delivering better patient care across Qatar. Ooredoo is delivering the smart healthcare solutions that support Qatar as a global healthcare innovator, grow the country’s diversified economy and job creation, and enhance daily lives,” said Yousuf al-Kubaisi, COO, Ooredoo Qatar (pictured).Qatar’s medical providers are already benefiting from Ooredoo healthcare solutions such as the CloudClinik, a cloud-based electronic medical record and practice management system. CloudClinik allows for digital patient records, staff scheduling, patient booking and prescriptions.“Scalable cloud solutions will support the next generation of Qatar’s healthcare innovations such as real-time patient monitoring that analyses data from wearables, tele-medicine for virtual doctor’s appointments for people living in rural areas, and augmented and virtual reality surgery,” added al-Kubaisi.