(MENAFN- Arab News) DUBAI: Saudi Arabia has the advantage of being an emerging economy where there is a surge of innovation technology and knowledge. There is a strong and thorough understanding of the pitfalls of the developed economies' health care systems. This enables Saudi Arabia to create specific business models with custom-made financing systems and learn from other's experiences and mistakes.
The United Integrated Hospitals Network (UIHN) is a network of hospitals currently in the advanced planning stage. The plan for the UIHN is to build and operate a group of 20 hospitals in Saudi Arabia and the GCC region. The project is divided into three phases and is undergoing gradual execution. The plan is to grow steadily within the Saudi and GCC health care infrastructure catering to the region's health care delivery service requirements.
'We have to be innovative in implementing the UIHN health care system in Saudi Arabia and the GCC by surging ahead and reaching the network's goals in a shorter period of time at a lower cost' says Dr. Fahad AlTuwaijri CEO Aramed Riyadh.
Dr. AlTuwaijri will discuss the new custom-designed business model for a GCCwide hospital network during the upcoming Building Healthcare Exhibition & Conferences that will take place from June 8 to 10 in Dubai.
He said: 'We are planning to grow by design not by surprise through anticipating and addressing the actual gaps in health care service delivery in these countries