Digital Health
Ahmed Elsobky, chairperson of Egypt's Healthcare Authority, met with Ulric Shannon, Canada's ambassador to Egypt, to explore expanding bilateral cooperation across multiple healthcare sectors. The meeting forms part of efforts to strengthen international partnerships and leverage global expertise for Egypt's ongoing healthcare reform programme. Elsobky emphasized the authority's commitment to adopting advanced Canadian medical and digital technologies in the second phase of the Universal Health Insurance System.
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German family doctors continue to criticize the electronic patient record system. The head of the family physicians' association rates the idea highly but the execution poorly. Health facilities have been required to enter data into the ePA since October 1.