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Abu Dhabi : Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA), the largest healthcare network in the UAE, is facilitating a comprehensive, integrated and collaborative approach to medical care with its distinctive Group Practice Model. The model ensures patients across SEHA-affiliated Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) and Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC) are able to benefit from cross-access to the facilities’ industry-leading network of doctors, physicians and clinicians, as well as specialized medical equipment and technologies as needed. Together, the two facilities aim to achieve greater clinical integration and provide quick, effective and efficient access to care across the network.
The coordinated care model underscores SEHA's ongoing efforts to elevate the standard of healthcare delivery, increasing patient access to primary and specialty care across cardiovascular, hematology, oncology, gastroenterology and orthopedics.
Dr. Omar Salem Al Falasi, Consultant Cardiologist and Head of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Department, SSMC, said, “SEHA has been on a transformative journey to shape a modern, progressive healthcare landscape. This journey has been guided by an agile mindset that infuses innovation and integration, while keeping patient-centricity paramount. The Group Practice model is a natural progression for enhanced patient outcomes, marking an important step towards further expanding the reach and accessibility of our world-class care.
“The model strengthens a synergistic alliance between SSMC and SKMC, whereby experienced specialists, ancillary services and team members across both facilities operate as a single, cohesive unit to provide comprehensive care and personalized treatment. By leveraging the full strength of the SEHA network, we are able to create the foundation of a patient-centered, high quality healthcare system with the ability to coordinate care across the continuum.”
Dr. Al Falasi also noted that SEHA’s aim from this initiative is to establish global healthcare facilities as centers of excellence, recognized for the delivery of specialized and distinguished programs with exceptionally high levels of expertise and multidisciplinary resources to achieve the best patient outcomes possible. SEHA’s Group Practice model falls within this framework, setting a new benchmark for excellence in the healthcare sector.
The model is also proving essential in education and training for SEHA’s healthcare providers, facilitating increased communication, efficiency and knowledge-exchange across both facilities. Dr. Al Falasi further explained that he personally benefited from collaborative planning and shared decision-making to reach the best outcomes for patients. In addition, staff at SKMC are able to benefit from specialized learning and training available at SSMC through their partnership with Mayo Clinic, enabling them to develop their skills and talent in highly complex subspecialties.
The overall framework of the model connects specialists in SSMC and SKMC, either by extending the necessary medical care to the patient residing in Abu Dhabi city near to SKMC, or by transferring the patient through SEHA’s distinguished ambulance service to SSMC.
Among the patients who have benefited from the Group Practice model is Mr. Osama Abd Asaad Mahjoub, whose treatment is being overseen by Dr. Al Falasi. Mr. Mahjoub first started his consultation at SKMC but expressed concerns with the time it took to travel to the facility. Through patient‐centered and partnership‐driven services, he is now able to continue his treatment near his place of residence at SSMC and benefit from easier and quicker access to his required treatment.
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About SEHA:
The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company PJSC–SEHA – is an independent, public joint stock company created to develop the curative activities of the public healthcare system in Abu Dhabi. The company owns and operates all the public hospitals and clinics of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
SEHA is part of ADQ, one of the region’s largest holding companies with a broad portfolio of major enterprises spanning key sectors of Abu Dhabi’s diversified economy.
SEHA is committed to continuous improvement of customer care to recognized international standards and providing the community with world-class healthcare. SEHA operates 13 hospitals with 3,385 beds, 70 ambulatory care, family care and urgent care centers and 2 blood banks. Its facilities accommodate 117,162 inpatients annually and conduct 43,262 surgeries, as well as treating more than five million outpatients. SEHA is one of the largest integrated healthcare providers in the Middle East with more than 18,000 doctors, nurses, ancillary care, and administrative personnel. Learn more at www.seha.ae
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