Digital Health in the Arab World
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M42 and Siemens Healthineers set their sights on AfricaOctober 24, 2026A new MoU links Abu Dhabi's AI and genomics ambitions with one of the world's largest medical technology suppliers, aimed at the Global South
M42 launches Ossi, a multi-agent AI platform built to give clinicians their time backOctober 23, 2026The Abu Dhabi group introduced its next-generation clinical platform at the Abu Dhabi Future Health Summit, with a focus on cutting paperwork rather than replacing doctors
Healthpoint brings Proximie into its Abu Dhabi operating roomsOctober 23, 2026The M42 hospital is betting that real-time surgical intelligence can move care from reacting to anticipating
Microsoft’s AI doctor works up a case step by step, and beats the physiciansOctober 23, 2026A study in Science reports that a sequential diagnostic tool was more than twice as accurate as general physicians on more than 300 complex cases
Abu Dhabi wants your smartwatch data to count in the clinicOctober 22, 2026A new Future Health whitepaper, written with Deloitte, sets out a five-pillar framework and three-phase roadmap for bringing wearables into the emirate's health system
Zoom’s healthcare pitch deserves a closer look from Gulf health leadersOctober 22, 2026The video platform's industry and developer menu hints at where virtual care tools are heading, and what GCC buyers should ask before they sign
Seha Group bets on software and skills to fix Egypt’s insurance paperworkOctober 21, 2026A partnership with Chubb Life Egypt, a new training academy and an AI assistant show how one company wants to digitize medical insurance from the back office to the classroom
Toothpick and Paymob bring payments into the dental clinic dashboardOctober 21, 2026The UAE healthtech platform has partnered with the MENA fintech to give clinics one view of card payments, financing, BNPL and banking
A 43-year-old in Abu Dhabi no longer needs blood transfusionsOctober 21, 2026Yas Clinic and the Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center report that gene therapy has freed a thalassemia patient from a lifetime of regular transfusions
A reflux operation performed from a distance shows where Saudi surgery is headingOctober 21, 2026King Saud University Medical City completes its seventeenth remote robotic procedure, and the model is starting to look routine
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