Welcome to another exciting episode of the Omnia Health Insights Podcast,Informa’s official content partner and one of the leading platforms dedicated to keeping global healthcare professionals informed and up to date.

In recent years, Medtech’s been on healthcare’s mind. How can we truly harness it to provide best practices for both practitioners and patients? How can it really pave the way for better outcomes and encourage collaboration?

To answer these questions and more, we welcome Dr Nadine Hachach-Haram Founder and CEO of Proximie. Dr Nadine is a powerhouse within the healthcare industry known and recognised for her innovatory approach to transforming how clinicians collaborate through Proximie. Born out the need to transition from analogue to digital to truly enable global collaboration, Proximie allows clinicians to virtually ‘scrub in’ to any operating room or cath lab from anywhere in the world.

In 2021, Dubai received 630,000 international health tourists, according to a DHA report, with spending of international patients reaching nearly Dh730 million [US$ 200 million].

In this podcast episode, we chat with Mohamed Al Mheiri, Director of Health Tourism Department at Dubai Health Authority (DHA), who shares insights into the emirate's attraction to international health travellers, from wellness to tech and innovation. 

DHA provides a quality healthcare system in Dubai by setting and ensuring policies and strategies for healthcare in public and private hospitals and clinics in Dubai.

In our latest roundup of healthcare news from Omnia Health Insights, curated by Content Executive Fatima Abbas, we unveil a monkeypox virus detection kit, the impact of Shanghai’s lockdown on medical manufacturing, blood donor shortages and rising allergies worldwide, among other stories.

Our latest Omnia Health Magazine furthermore looks at healthcare innovations in the Americas ahead of the upcoming Florida International Medical Expo (FIME). We share more on what the edition contains, from NFTs to hospital ships.