- City Fajr Shuruq Duhr Asr Magrib Isha
- Dubai 04:17 05:37 12:18 15:45 18:54 20:14
In a bid to encourage the community in Dubai to lead a healthy lifestyle, the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has launched a rewards point programme that will be linked to the mandatory health insurance scheme in Dubai.
Through certain apps the healthy behavior of a person will be measured, and customers will be awarded points for completing certain healthy actions, explained Haidar Al Yousuf, Director of Health Funding at the DHA.
The rewards include free access to specialized health professionals or services, healthy meal vouchers, gym membership, free subscription to health magazines etc.
“Data from apps that are fitness trackers such as Fitbit and participating outlets will be used to provide insured members with reward points. For example, if someone uses the gym three times a week, the data from the gym that is registered in this program will let us know how healthy the user has been and how many points he should receive.
“This presents an opportunity for the wider business sector to actively participate in encouraging the community to lead a healthy lifestyle and we encourage them to log on and register to participate in this initiative,” al Yousuf explained.
The reward programme was launched to be part of the mandatory health insurance scheme. The reward points can be availed once a user logs on to the Isahd community website, the starting page for the mandatoty health insurance scheme.
The roll out of the health insurance scheme is currently underway and by mid-2016 the roll out will be complete ensuring all Dubai residents have mandatory health insurance.
Presently users can log on to search for a health insurance they would like to purchase and there are various search options. This facility is known as Marketplace. Users and businesses interested to participate in the rewards point initiative, can also log on and register themselves.
The roll out of the health insurance scheme is currently underway and by mid-2016 the roll out will be complete ensuring all Dubai residents have mandatory health insurance.
The rewards system will be implemented in March 2015.
The community website of Isahd through which people can register themselves is https://community.isahd.ae.
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