Assiut Health Undersecretary receives delegation from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to inspect the remote diagnosis system

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Within the framework of implementing the strategy of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to support sustainable development efforts in the health sector with the participation of all state institutions; Dr. Mohamed Zein El-Din Hafez, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in Assiut, received Eng. Hoda Dahroug, Advisor to the Minister of Communications and Information Technology for Digital Community Development, and Director of the Digital Transformation Project for Sustainable Development in Egypt, Dr. Abdel Moneim El-Sharkawy, President of the National Academy of Information Technology for Persons with Disabilities, Eng. Mohamed Atef, Technical Director of the Presidential Initiative for Remote Diagnosis, and Dr. Omar El-Waqqad, General Coordinator of the Initiative; This was during their visit to Assiut Governorate on a special tour to inspect the remote diagnosis unit at Assiut Chest Hospital, which is one of the governorate's hospitals that provides its medical services within the remote diagnosis system, which is being implemented in cooperation between the Ministries of Communications and Information Technology, Health and Population, and Higher Education and Scientific Research.
The system aims to develop medical services provided to the most needy citizens, and support and raise the efficiency of the health services system by taking advantage of the latest applications of information and communications technology.
The number of patients examined through remote diagnosis units in Assiut Governorate alone increased to 3,620 cases during 2023, and 11 units were operated in the governorate in each of Assiut Fever Hospital, Al-Iman General Hospital, Assiut General Hospital, Sahel Selim Hospital, Al-Qawsiya Central Hospital, Assiut Chest Hospital, Assiut Ophthalmology Hospital, Assiut Women and Children Hospital, and Abu Tig Model Hospital, in addition to the units of the University Heart Hospital (Al-Orman) and Assiut University Hospital.
It is worth noting that the remote diagnosis system was launched in 2021 within the framework of the state's strategy for digital transformation and the state's support for the health services system within the efforts to develop and raise the efficiency of all government services by activating the role of information and communications technology in order to provide distinguished services to citizens in all governorates of the republic.
In this context, the remote diagnosis system works to improve the level of medical and health services provided to citizens by technologically linking health units in these areas with central units in university hospitals, through which patients receive the best medical services from senior consultants and specialists in university hospitals without bearing the burdens and costs of travel and transportation. At the same time, it provides the opportunity to provide a larger space for scientific communication between practitioners and senior doctors, in addition to providing rapid medical solutions for system users from patients and doctors, which contributes to facilitating the provision of medical care services and ensuring their access to all citizens across the republic