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Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in November 2007 the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) yesterday announced the signing of a contract affiliation agreement with the Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians (HMFP) in this regard.

The electronic record system will have numerous advantages for both patients and healthcare providers, including easier access to records for medical staff around the emirate.

In the not too distant future, this is how people will interact with their doctors and hospitals using technology, or e-Health, to access health care.

In a matter of months the UAE, too, will be in line with e-Health practices, Dr Ameen Al Amiri, CEO for Medical Practice and Licence at the Ministry of Health, said.

The announcement came during a seminar organised at the ministry in Dubai.

The facility is part of the ministry’s strategy to annually restructure its services. The new service is reserved for companies and establishments with less than 50 employees and will replace the services obtained through the ministry’s counters or ordinary post.

The service was launched at a conference titled 'Ras Al Khaimah — The Future', held at Hilton Hotel here.

The conference was inaugurated by Shaikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah.

This was stated by Asma Al Jessmi, Head of DM Al Towar Centre, who noted that the move comes in line with the Municipality’s policy to facilitate e-Government transition and speed up procedures for the customers.

For the past week, Dubai has been home to Gitex, the largest technology and electronics exhibition in the Middle East, a time when buyers and sellers alike are focused on the latest products and innovations to hit the marketplace.

The Government of Dubai has used this setting to expound on its e-Services, detailing its departments and customer services which are available online.

The innovative 'mobile portal', accessible through Dubai e-Government portal www.dubai.ae, allows users to access information and carry out transactions instantly via hand-held mobile devices such as mobile phones and PDAs. The advanced technology used in developing the system detects if the user has logged on using a hand-held device and links him to the specifically designed mobile portal.

Learners now have the option of using the e-Dirham service or a credit card to pay online for any of e-TQM College's online courses.

The college hosted a fundraising event at their premises on Wednesday as part of a shared effort in supporting the Dubai Cares campaign. It aimed to contribute to the campaign by hosting the event and through donations raised by faculty, staff and students.

eCompany will roll out the BizDirect ePayment service to various service providers who can be easily integrated into banks connected to eCompany’s network. The solution is based on eCompany’s proven and secure ePayment platform and facilitates direct debit using the standard Internet banking infrastructure of the banks.

Recently, 30 employees from Dubai Awqaf Department, 22 from Dubai Justice Department and 10 from Dubai Civil Defence enrolled in the eEmployee programme through the portal www.eEmployee.ae.

At the federal level, the UAE already has the State Audit Institution (SAI), which is an independent body that reports directly to the Federal National Council (FNC) and is responsible for the auditing and oversight of state funds and those of other specified public entities. But the establishment of the ADAA will complement and enhance that role at the local level in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. This is a measure worth emulating by the other Emirates.