The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Philips Global, with the aim of promoting the use of artificial intelligence technologies in the health care system in the Kingdom in line with the healthcare goals of the Kingdom's Vision 2030.

His Excellency the Minister of Health, Dr. Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah, expressed in a statement on this occasion his happiness with the signing of this agreement, which will expand the provision of artificial intelligence services in the health field in an effort to improve the service of citizens and residents in various medical fields, in a way that - God willing - will directly contribute to achieving Vision 2030 goals, pointing out that the Ministry of Health is working with SADAYA to benefit from artificial intelligence techniques and to supplement joint local and global efforts to form a knowledge system that combines artificial intelligence with health and operational expertise in order to develop integrated solutions that contribute to improving the performance and productivity of health care systems and upgrading the level of national competencies working in This field by adopting artificial intelligence techniques.

For his part, the President of the Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence, Dr. Abdullah bin Sharaf Al-Ghamdi, affirmed that the Kingdom is witnessing today, under the umbrella of Saudi Vision 2030, a developmental renaissance in all fields, with the technical fields being the first. In “SADAYA”, we seek, within the national strategy for data and artificial intelligence, to make the most of data and artificial intelligence by supporting its applications in all relevant sectors.

He stated that this agreement comes as part of SADAYA’s efforts to promote advanced technologies in the health sector, support the exchange of experiences, and develop national capabilities that would improve the quality of services provided in the health sector, create new job opportunities, and upgrade the national economy to be among the economies. Data-based and artificial intelligence.

For his part, the Supervisor of the National Center for Artificial Intelligence, Dr. Majid bin Muhammad Al-Tuwaijri, explained that the cooperation plan between SADAYA and Philips will focus on five main areas: employing the capabilities of artificial intelligence in the health care sector, and establishing a knowledge center for artificial intelligence aimed at improving the level of national skills and expertise in The field of developing artificial intelligence applications, giving priority to the application of health technology solutions that employ artificial intelligence in health work paths, and access to a network that includes senior opinion leaders and specialists in the field to facilitate the exchange of information and joint research of the best of its kind, and will also support ways to adopt new artificial intelligence applications, in addition to To contribute to creating new job opportunities related to artificial intelligence in the field of health care services.