The same data infrastructure that drives efficiency also accelerates innovation. With interoperable longitudinal datasets covering the full population, Abu Dhabi provides a real-world testbed for next- generation health technologies. Population-level data enables AI models to be trained and validated safely, supports adaptive regulatory pathways and reduces the time required for clinical trials and market access. The emirate has institutionalized this through environments where new therapies, digital tools and models of care can be piloted and scaled within a governed ecosystem. 3.3 Faster innovation at scale Abu Dhabi’s Unified Medical Operations Command (UMOC) was established by the DoH as a central command and control hub to coordinate emergency and routine medical operations across the emirate. It represents the operational expression of Abu Dhabi’s intelligent health system, translating real-time data into unified decision-making during both standard and crisis conditions. The UMOC is a first-of-its-kind, AI-enabled system that integrates intelligence from hospitals, clinics, emergency services and public health surveillance into a single operational dashboard. During health emergencies, it enables real-time monitoring of capacity, demand and resources, ensuring rapid deployment of personnel, equipment and supplies where they are needed most. Its predictive analytics capability, powered by AI, provides early warnings of system pressure points, allowing pre-emptive action rather than reactive response. The system has reduced the average emergency response time to 11 minutes 49 seconds for urban areas and 14 minutes 26 seconds for rural areas, compared to the global average of 30 minutes, and has cut heart attack intervention times to more than 35% below the global average of 90 minutes.27CASE STUDY 3 Unified Medical Operations Command (UMOC) – innovation at scale A New Era for Digital Health: Abu Dhabi’s Leap to Health Intelligence 22

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