UOWD: Coffee Talk Series on Digital Transformation in the Health Industry

Jun 15 '21 | 06:00 PM (GST)

Event Information

Are technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), augmented reality, Internet of Things (IoT), Digital Twin etc., disrupting healthcare?

Today Digital transformation is the forefront strategy of healthcare organisations. From Connected Health, which is the use of readily available consumer technologies for delivering patient care to Digital Twin, which is having a virtual copy of an individual, we are in an era of various digital transformation initiatives to improve treatment outcome or patient experience or both. Digital transformation in the healthcare industry demands health service providers to create a robust and crucial IT infrastructure by focusing on the patient’s needs and services. We are not far from a significant shift in how healthcare services are delivered and/or consumed because of the digital disruption in healthcare.

Key Takeaways and Discussion Points:

Academic and industry perspectives on digitalization in healthcare
Current state of digital transformations in healthcare
Lesson learned from research and business case studies on digitalization in healthcare
Adoption and diffusion of emerging technologies for digital healthcare
Challenges in healthcare digital transformation

Speakers:

Dr Shafiz Affendi Mohd Yusof

Associate Professor

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, UOWD

Jaleel B Rahiman

UOWD MITM Alumnus

Director - Information Technology & PRIME Digital

Prime Healthcare Group LLC

Website: https://www.uowdubai.ac.ae/events/coffee-talk-series-digital-transformation-health-industry