The Assistant helps retrieve relevant information and summarise patients’ health histories, drawing on a platform containing more than four billion clinical records

Abu Dhabi – 10 November 2026 – The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), in collaboration with M42’s Abu Dhabi Health Data Services (ADHDS), announced the integration of an AI Physician Assistant into Malaffi, Abu Dhabi’s Health Information Exchange. The Assistant is available to all physicians in Abu Dhabi. It helps physicians access relevant information from a patient’s medical record, generate concise summaries of their health history and answer queries, reducing the time spent manually searching for information and enabling more time to focus on patient care.

The integration builds on Abu Dhabi’s connected health data infrastructure. Malaffi contains health information for more than 14 million patients and more than four billion clinical records, including clinical documents, allergy information, laboratory results, vital signs, radiology images and diagnostic test results. The AI Physician Assistant helps physicians review relevant patient information within this large volume of data more efficiently, in line with approved access permissions and patient data protection requirements.

The AI Physician Assistant makes available information easier to use within everyday clinical practice, supporting physicians in reviewing and understanding a patient’s health history more comprehensively and making more informed clinical decisions, while clinical assessment and decisions remain the responsibility of the physician.

The Assistant integrated into Malaffi is powered by Ossi, M42’s AI Clinical Platform. Hosted on Microsoft Azure’s cloud infrastructure in the UAE, its integration into Malaffi is designed to embed AI capabilities within physicians’ workflows.

Dimitris Moulavasilis, Group Chief Executive Officer at M42, said: “Ossi has been developed around the needs of physicians in everyday clinical practice, including helping them review health information more efficiently within their workflow. Integrating the Assistant into Malaffi brings these capabilities into a connected health data environment. We will continue to develop and evaluate its performance in collaboration with healthcare professionals, supporting clinical use while preserving the physician’s central role in assessment and decision-making.”

Abu Dhabi Health Data Services operates Malaffi and is responsible for integrating the AI Physician Assistant into the platform, supporting authorised users in accessing its functions while reviewing patient health records.

Kareem Shahin, Chief Executive Officer of Abu Dhabi Health Data Services and M42’s Digital Health Solutions Platform, said: “Malaffi has played an important role in connecting health information across healthcare providers, and this integration adds a practical tool to help physicians make better use of that data in their daily work. Our focus is on making it easier to review relevant patient information, while maintaining approved access permissions and data protection requirements, and using physicians’ feedback to continuously improve the experience.”

To support the Assistant’s development and improve physicians’ experience, its implementation will be evaluated, with the findings and user feedback informing improvements in future phases. 

Through this integration, Abu Dhabi continues to advance its digital health infrastructure by turning connected health data into practical tools that support physicians, reduce the time spent navigating information and enable greater focus on patient care.