King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and the Saudi Association for Health Informatics with the support of several other partners are sponsoring the three-day conference.
The purpose of the e-health event is to bring together both health care providers and information technologists to empower the advancements in the delivery, quality and continuity of health care. The conference will provide many opportunities for interaction and it will also promote the national electronic health initiative launched by the Ministry of Health.
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"The system links electronically both of MoH and DGP to share the electronic health certificate information for the purposes of iqama (work permit) issuance and renewal," said Muhammed Al-Yumni, supervisor general of the IT department at the Ministry of Health, at a joint press conference with the General Directorate of Passports at the ministry in Riyadh.
This is part of the e-gate system being introduced by the Directorate General of Passports at all the Kingdom's airports, said a senior official at the directorate, reported Al-Watan Arabic newspaper.
However, travelers must still have their passports with them because this is a requirement in other countries.
He also confirmed that the application of a fingerprint system for expatriates in the Kingdom has been completed and the system will reduce the number of illegals.
Col. Bader Al-Malek, spokesman of the General Directorate of Passports, said: “This system is linked to the networks of the Interior Ministry and the National Information Center. The program can show the identities of deported persons from the Kingdom who try to re-enter again”.
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