has identified to improve the health of the Qatari population with technology . These are aligned with Qatar ' s National Health Strategy . " A large area is chronic disease management from home ,” Tarazi says . “ We believe we can do much better using technology , mobile apps and different types of wearables to achieve better outcomes ”.
" There is also a large area that sort of went to sleep during the pandemic , which is wellness ; we intend to launch digital fitness services to support our wellness activities as soon as the pandemic is under control . There is a lot of work to do in smoking cessation . Young mothers can be better served better by making digital services available over mobile devices in terms of consultations and support for pregnancies and baby wellness ."
During the pandemic PHCC launched a number of online services , which have had high levels of engagement from users . " Before the pandemic we had about 50,000 patients using our patient portal ," Tarazi says . " This has grown to almost half a million people now . Launching e-services to the public helped us enormously to conduct dayto-day activities from home . We launched our new website - eight months ahead of time - enabling online registration , so people don ' t need to come to the health centers to register themselves or a new family member . They can request an appointment or change family physician and health centers remotely by submitting the right documents .”
In some respects , Covid-19 merely sped up plans they already had in place ; virtual consultations were originally set to be introduced later on in 2020 , and the medication delivery service was set to be rolled out through a mobile app .
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