Prof Egon Toft (left) and Dr Samya Al Abdulla exchanging the signed documents.
Doha: A referral pathway is to be established between the Primary Health Care Corporation’s (PHCC) heath centre set to open at the Qatar University (QU) and the campus’s Health Clinic, to coordinate the delivery of clinical services.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in this regard between the PHCC and QU recently.
The MoU presents joint-working protocols that aim at establishing a referral pathway to coordinate the delivery of clinical services by QU Health Clinic and Qatar University PHCC Health Center. Agreements will help set standards to enable both organizations to work together to provide the best healthcare services to the students, faculty and staff of Qatar University.
The referral process established takes into consideration the current QU Health Clinic organizational structure and available services and that of the Qatar University PHCC Health Center. The new Qatar University PHCC health center (Type B) currently scheduled to open later this year will be located outside QU campus, approximately 1.5 km from the main Women’s Clinic.
All students living within the QU campus will be eligible to be registered at the Qatar University PHCC health center. Staff and students who do not fall in the catchment area for Qatar University health center and need urgent or priority care can also be referred to the nearby PHCC center.
PHCC’s Executive Director for Operations, Dr Samya Al Abdulla, said, “Our aim is to create an easy pathway for our patients and bring access to health care services closer to home.
“Alongside our colleagues at Qatar University, we have established clear communication channels and committed workforce between the two organizations with a shared vision and understanding. This MoU will help us to streamline patient care by establishing clear referral pathways that will impact positively on the health outcomes of patients.”
Vice-President for Medical and Health Sciences, and Dean of the College of Medicine at Qatar University, Prof. Egon Toft said, “We are pleased to further expand our ongoing collaboration with PHCC. This MoU reflects Qatar University’s commitment to offer its residing students an improved health care, adding to QU Health Clinic support.”
