The Chairman of the Executive Board of GCC Health Ministers Council, Dr. Tawfiq bin Ahmad Khojah, has lauded the strenuous efforts carried out by the Ministry of Health (MOH), especially its last step providing the UpToDate service free of charge. Dr. Khojah has pointed out that this service is meant to enable all the MOH health professionals and specialists to keep in touch with the latest medical information, clinical applications, that are accessible in the form of medical recommendations, issues, information, and evidence-based charts, whose effectiveness in terms of improving the patients' care and its quality has been proven.
“(UpToDate) website is reckoned a fundamental source for physicians with regard to the medical information acquisition in the health care domain, as well as supporting their evidence-based medical decision, and upon which physicians around the world have depended for the proper medical decision-making”, said Dr. Khojah.
He went on adding, “The website is keen to provide the evidence-based information, that is constantly updated. Beside, its role is neither a matter of just gathering nor writing reports on the latest researches. In addition to that, it works on displaying comprehensive listing for the evidence, annexed by the recommendations and suggestions which can be adopted and benefited from in the health care domain. Moreover, this website is not only a developed platform for publishing, but also an accurate, advanced editing process, managed by a set of physician-authors and talented editors, who are highly experienced in their specialties.”
Finally, Dr. Khojah has highlighted that this MOH step, providing the UpToDate service free of charge for all health professionals, stems from its keenness to upgrade their performance level, as well as providing them with all means to hone their skills and practical expertise, meanwhile wishing that this website will be a good help for them in achieving the desired purpose.