Al-Qurayyat Health Affairs has recently launched in Al-Hamidiah Health Center the Central Appointment System (Mawid). The system features a new e-service offered by MOH to enable patients to book their appointments in primary healthcare centers in coordination with the concerned department. Hence, patients can book, amend or cancel their appointments at any hospital where they are referred through seamless channels, including: a mobile application (KAS) - in Arabic كاس - or through the (937) call center. Notably, Al-Qurayyat features 5 hospitals and 19 health centers.
On the other hand, through a qualitative shift to reach all segments of target audience, MOH has recently launched the first-of-its-kind maternity and children clinic in trade complexes - namely in Hayat Mall, Riyadh. This initiative is designed to activate community's engagement and collaboration with the Ministry of health, to make services available in public places, in addition to providing consultations and awareness activities to outpatients.
The new clinic features triage checkups, early screening of diseases including breast cancer, colon cancer, osteoporosis and hypertension. The clinic also conducts clinical tests, refers cases for further follow-up to reference bodies, boosts having healthy and balanced food, motivates breastfeeding, raises women's awareness, provides consultations, ensure natural child growth, refer children to concerned bodies if needed, stress the importance of balanced food for children based on their age groups, in addition to educating visitors on the vital role of exercising and health enhancement.