RIYADH – Etihad telecom (Mobily) and Sanofi, a global healthcare leader, collaborated to boost the mobilized healthcare services (mHealth) with an innovative approach in the healthcare services in Saudi Arabia. The partnership aims to offer a state-of-art IBG Star device and the newest technology in diabetes management smart application – all of this will enable patients to communicate their diabetes-related data to their physicians or healthcare provider. “The mobilized healthcare concept is expanding as patient electronic follow-ups, electronic records and disease and health-related information is now available to the public as long as there's the supply of innovative and up-to-date e-health application, solutions and products which go in parallel with a concrete, high-speed reliable data transmission services,” said Mobily CEO Khalid Al Kaf. He added “our partnership with Sanofi, a healthcare leader, will leverage the mobilized healthcare solutions in Saudi Arabia.” “Our main objective is putting our patients first and that's by offering easy to use and innovative solutions which help patients to share instant reports to their physicians and helping patients taking diabetes related decisions,” said Salah Mousa Sanofi's general manager in Saudi Arabia. He underlined the importance of having such a partnership with Mobily in boosting the mobilized health care will help diabetics from long term complications and more control over the disease. Mobily is looking forward to maintain its position as a leader in mHealth through this collaboration as the group has already launched a several application and services concerning public health. – SG
