GCC to integrate expat health records

The GCC member states are currently working on introducing a comprehensive health record system for expatriate workers, which is to be linked through an electronic grid and fully integrated between them.

High-ranking officials from the Gulf countries' ministries of health began their three-day conference earlier this week in Kuwait. The conference is the first in the region to discuss linking screening programs for expatriates electronically and establishing an appropriate mechanism for the application of smart cards and integrated electronic links between GCC countries.

Ameer Sibai, member of the executive board of GCC health ministers, told Arab News by the phone that the conference is focused on linking health-related data electronically among the member states of the GCC.

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