DHA unveils digital drugs, medical supplies management system at GITEX

An automated Drugs and Medical Supplies Management System has been launched by the Dubai Health Authority (DHA).

The initiative called 'Tarmeez' was unveiled in collaboration with Smart Dubai, at the 40th GITEX Technology Week.

It helps save time, cost and resources by digitally managing all aspects related to the documentation and supply of medicines and medical equipment.

"The system provides 100 per cent accuracy in drugs and medical supplies identification for patients’ safety. It helps reduce the time required for inventory monitoring and tracking by 80 per cent. It saves 4,640 hours per year and it saves 2.3 million sheets of printed-paper per year," explained Ghanim Lootah, Director of Asset Management at the DHA.

He added that the DHA is currently coordinating with more than 183 international manufacturers and 42 local factories and distributors.

The system provides DHA medical staff across hospitals, primary and specialised health centres with an electronic catalogue of all the items available, in addition to a central dashboard for inventory and supply chain KPI details.

'Tarmeez' is also integrated with Salama- the DHA's unified electronic medical record system.

We launched today, in collaboration with Smart Dubai, a state-of-the-art digital Drugs and Medical Supplies Management System known as “Tarmeez” during our participation at #GITEX. pic.twitter.com/ezYMe09U41

— هيئة الصحة بدبي (@DHA_Dubai) December 6, 2020

The initiative is aligned with the Dubai Paperless Strategy, which aims to eliminate the use of paper from all internal operations and customer-facing services across Dubai government entities by the end of 2021.