Dubai Healthcare City a model for future healthcare services and research

Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) is a healthcare free economic zone situated in the Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

It’s mission is to provide high quality integrated healthcare, education, research and wellness by forming strategic partnerships. This will deliver exceptional customer experiences, ultimately impacting every member of our society.

Through strategic partnerships, DHCC provides a wide range of services in healthcare, medical education and research, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, wellness and allied support.

DHCC is home to 120 medical facilities including hospitals – Mediclinic City Hospital and Dr Sulaiman Al-Habib Hospital – more than 120 outpatient medical centers and diagnostic laboratories with more than 4,000 licensed professionals.

Mohammed Bin Rashid Academic Medical Centre

DHCC is investing heavily in its education offering with an ultimate goal to provide medical education and CPD programs across the spectrum of healthcare profession, embedded in a culture of research and inquiry. Through strategic partnerships with renowned academic institutions and medical boards, DHCC’s Education division is set to be at the forefront of improving educational opportunities that will allow health professionals in the region to gain access to high-quality programs in the fields of medicine, nursing and allied health, helping to build a sustainable healthcare workforce and specialized medical talent pool in the region.

It offers specialist-based treatment in a wide variety of fields including: anaesthesiology, breast surgery, cardiac surgery, critical care, dentistry, endocrinology, ENT, gastroenterology, general practice, general surgery, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, nuclear medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, paediatrics and neonatology, physiotherapy, pulmonology, radiology, rheumatology, urology and vascular surgery.

 

Strong International Strategic Partnership include:

The German Medical Center is a multi-specialty medical institution offering world-class medical care in Dubai Healthcare City. Care is provided via a roster of highly qualified doctors and visiting consultants who are specialists in their fields.

The German Medical Center’s model of medical service provision complements local doctors’ expertise with carefully selected visiting consultants from Germany.

Confidentiality, integrated care, patient doctor communication and an emphasis on follow-up care set the Center apart in quality of care as well as the entire patient experience.

The Cente has institutionalized a regular programme of visiting German professors, experts, and specialists who use the Center’s state of the art facilities to offer local care on par with the absolute best in the world.

With the German Medical Center, patients in the UAE and the GCC can access a world of medical specializations, and care that exceeds international standards, without the need to travel.

In an effort to provide completely integrated care, the German Medical Center has recently opened its own internal pharmacy that stocks high quality medicine brands.

The German Medical Center supports the Dubai Healthcare City in positioning Dubai as a serious destination for premium medical care that is easily accessible to UAE nationals, residents, and visitors from GCC countries.

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Research Networks & Centres, Technology Cores & Research Facilities move to Academic Medical Centre in Dubai Healthcare City.

A partnership has been established between Harvard Medical School and the Dubai Healthcare City Authority (DHCC) to build a centre for training and research on health care in the UAE. According to Harvard Medical School, the centre’s mission is to increase local and regional health delivery research capacity in the UAE, address its most pressing health challenges, and expand Dubai’s role as a “global hub for scientific and policy discussions related to healthcare delivery”.

Using innovative and multidisciplinary approaches, the centre will study ways to improve outcomes for patients undergoing surgery and for patients receiving care for diabetes and obesity, infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and hepatitis C, and mental health disorders.

Funding for the centre will be provided by a four-year grant from the Dubai Harvard Foundation for Medical Research, while the work will be further supported by faculty, fellows, researchers and students from Harvard Medical School and from Dubai and the UAE.

for more details visit: http://www.dhcc.ae/

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