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History
On the 2 Sep, 2022 Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced that the Sehhaty app has become the national platform for the healthcare needs of individuals. All government bodies in the health sector will be integrated with Sehhaty to provide health services through the app, according to the statement.
The MoH made the announcement while signing a cooperation agreement with the Digital Government Authority (DGA) in order to merge all health sector platforms and make the Sehhaty app the national e-platform for providing healthcare services to individuals.
The agreement between the MoH and DGA aimed at several matters, such as merging the health sector apps and platforms and improving the beneficiary’s experience in the health sector as well as facilitating and accelerating the deal with the government bodies. Furthermore, it intends to provide consultation services with regard to digital government and achieve efficiency of digital spending for government services. The agreement will have a positive impact on the beneficiaries, as it would raise the satisfaction rate, increase the level of digital maturing and unify data sources, in addition to achieving a better level of services.
Features
Sehhaty Platform:
It is the unified platform of Ministry of Health, which allows users to access health information and obtain several health services provided by various entities in the health sector in Saudi Arabia.
Sehhaty platform serves all individuals, citizens, and residents in the Kingdom, along with their dependents, including children, the elderly, or people with special needs. The service is available in Arabic and English.
The platform provides users in the Kingdom with a wide range of health services provided to facilitate the provision of integrated healthcare to individuals, and these services include:
Immediate consultations.
Booking and reviewing appointments.
Remote appointments.
Easy access to the following services:
Search for medication.
Digital Health Wallet.
Review sick leaves and medical reports.
Women's health.
Dependents’ services.
A healthy family life through the following services:
A doctor for each family (My Doctor).
Record of children's vaccinations.
Your child's appointments.
Healthy lifestyle through:
Following-up vital signs (Know Your Numbers service).
Counting steps.
Saving a list of medicines.
Educational content.
Prevention and protection through:
COVID-19 screening appointment.
COVID-19 vaccines appointment.
Vaccinations appointment
Early warning of weather conditions for asthmatics.
https://www.moh.gov.sa/en/eServices/Sehhaty/Pages/default.aspx
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