Qatar

In May 2024, at a ministerial session on digital health organized by Switzerland, Her Excellency Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari, Minister of Public Health, highlighted the progress Qatar has made and the pioneering projects it is engaged in to implement innovative digital solutions to improve healthcare delivery. Those projects include work to exchange health information securely and uniformly among healthcare providers in Qatar, particularly through the Qatar Health Information Exchange (QHIE) platform, and the digital solutions to enhance patient safety, standardize care, and improve patient experience. She also discussed efforts to harness artificial intelligence and machine learning and explained the important role of the initiatives in achieving Qatar's National Vision 2030, the Third National Development Strategy 2024-2030, and the National Health Strategy, launched in September 2024.

Qatar’s adoption of SNOMED CT will support its digital health initiatives and its efforts to make the country a destination for medical tourism, as highlighted in a 2023 case study focused on Qatar’s investments in world-class healthcare infrastructure with the development of the View Hospital.