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CCAD AI Platform

for Neurology and Neurorehabilitation

Connected neurological care, from first assessment to ongoing recovery.

A tailored neurology and neurorehabilitation platform proposal for Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.

Prepared for Prof. Dr. Sabahat Wasti and the clinical, rehabilitation and digital health teams.

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Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
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Aimedis
Date
23 October 2026

Proposed clinical programme leadership: Prof. Dr. Sabahat Wasti.

A patient in conversation with a physician at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Photo: Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

Proposal and interactive demonstration by Aimedis for Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Fictional patient data; no live clinical connection; indicative and subject to final scope and agreement.

A patient in conversation with a physician at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Photo: Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

Proposal prepared by Aimedis for Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

CCAD AI Platform for Neurology and Neurorehabilitation

Connected neurological care, from first assessment to ongoing recovery.

A tailored neurology and neurorehabilitation platform proposal for Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.

Prepared for Prof. Dr. Sabahat Wasti and the clinical, rehabilitation and digital health teams.

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Interactive demonstration · fictional patient data

Khalid, 62, the fictional demonstration patient, at home with his cane
KhalidPost-stroke follow-upAI-generated image · fictional person

Khalid is a fictional patient. Select a module to open it in the interactive demonstration.

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Core platform

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Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi · Prof. Dr. Sabahat Wasti · UAE

Built around CCAD's neurological mission and the UAE's health plans

Published facts about the institution, the proposed programme leadership, the national need and the plans this proposal is designed to serve — each with its source.

Compiled by Aimedis from public sources for this proposal; not reviewed or endorsed by Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.

The institution

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

A multispecialty hospital on Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi, opened in 2015 and today one of M42's healthcare providers.1,2,3

The Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi tower on Al Maryah Island
Photo: Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

  • 50+

    medical and surgical specialties · 8 institutes1

  • 1,041,918

    patient encounters in 20244

  • 5,796

    caregivers from 82 nationalities, including 645 Emirati professionals4

  • 6.8 million+

    patients treated in the first ten years2

To provide compassionate, complex care, research for health, and educate those who serve.
Mission5
To be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in healthcare.
Vision5

Values5

  • Serve with heart
  • Succeed as one team
  • Shape the future
  • 2024 activity: 830,902 outpatient visits, 14,593 inpatient admissions and 61,640 emergency department visits.4
  • A team of 594 physicians, 1,725 nurses and 590 allied health professionals (State of the Clinic 2024).4
  • The hospital grew from a 2006 agreement between Mubadala Investment Company and Cleveland Clinic.1
  • Department of Health – Abu Dhabi designations: Centre of Excellence for Stroke, for Adult Multi-Organ Transplants and for Adult Cardiac Surgery; Oncology Centre of Excellence for Breast Cancer; Designated Teaching Hospital.6
  • Digital care: select CCAD clinicians started using the Malaffi health information exchange in August 2019, and in April 2020 CCAD announced virtual visits through its Health Portal app for outpatients in all specialties where no physical examination is needed.7,8
  • According to CCAD's CEO (July 2025), the hospital will accelerate breakthroughs in precision medicine, artificial intelligence and digital health.9

Research for health

A research and teaching hospital

A designated research facility since 2016, licensed by the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi as a research and teaching facility.1,10

  • 229

    active research studies (State of the Clinic 2024)4

  • 5,442

    human subjects consented (State of the Clinic 2024)4

  • AED 5.25 million

    in DoH Ma'an research grants to three physician-researchers in 2024 — the highest awarded to any Abu Dhabi hospital, as CCAD reports4

  • 600

    research projects in the first decade2

  • Named the UAE's top research hospital by the Ministry of Health and Prevention for the second consecutive year in 2024; CCAD also reports the highest number of indexed journal publications in 2023.4
  • 200+ caregiver investigators, 43 research contracts executed and 30 studies completed (State of the Clinic 2024).4
  • 116 interns, fellows and residents enrolled in training programmes in 2024.4
  • The first hospital in the UAE to receive Provisional Accreditation from ACCME.1
The atrium of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Photo: Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

Neurological Institute

Neurology, neurosurgery and rehabilitation in one institute

Advanced diagnostics, surgery, treatment and rehabilitation for common and highly complex neurological disorders — each patient's plan developed by a multidisciplinary team.4,11

Departments11

  • Neurology
  • Neurosurgery
  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
  • Psychiatry & Behavioral Health
  • Pain Medicine

  • 21,500

    patients served by the institute in 20244

  • 1,680

    surgical procedures in 20244

  • 45

    deep brain stimulation surgeries in 20244

  • 1,100+

    patients treated by the Neurovascular Medicine Program and Stroke Center in 202312

Programmes and centres11

  • Multiple Sclerosis Program
  • Epilepsy Program
  • Headache Program
  • Parkinson's Disease and Research Center
  • Neuromuscular Medicine Program
  • Neurovascular Medicine Program & Stroke Center
  • Brain Health Program
  • Neurological Oncology Program
  • Cranial Neurosurgery Program
  • Spine Care Program
  • Peripheral Nerve Surgery Program
  • Neuro-Rehabilitation Program
  • Cancer Rehabilitation Program
  • Clinical Neuropsychology Program
  • Interventional Pain Management Center
  • 2024 also counted 1,336 neurological cases, 478 cranial and 275 spinal cases, and 529 neurointerventional radiology cases.4
  • A Department of Health – Abu Dhabi Centre of Excellence for stroke since 2023, with Comprehensive Stroke Center certification from the American Stroke Association announced in February 2024.12
  • More than 6,400 neurosurgeries in the first ten years.2
  • CCAD's Critical Care Institute reports establishing the country's only 24/7 Neurologic Critical Care Unit.4
  • In April 2021 CCAD reported the UAE's first deep brain stimulation operations, for four Emirati patients with Parkinson's disease.13
  • The Multiple Sclerosis Program's treatment team includes a neuro rehabilitation physician, alongside neurology, neuro-ophthalmology, physical, speech and occupational therapy and psychology.14

Neurorehabilitation at CCAD

The model the CCAD AI platform is built to support

CCAD's published neurorehabilitation model, step by step — the same path the demonstration follows with a fictional patient.

  1. Step 1

    Inpatient and outpatient neurorehabilitation for adults, from age 14.15

    In the demo

  2. Step 2

    Assessment by the nursing team and a consultant physician, then detailed assessment by physical, occupational and/or speech and language therapy.15

    In the demo

  3. Step 3

    A treatment plan always based on the patient's own goals, discussed with the patient and family.15

    In the demo

  4. Step 4

    Progress monitored and shared with the patient and family; self-management techniques, therapeutic exercises and adaptive strategies taught.15

    In the demo

  5. Step 5

    After discharge, referral to post-acute inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient rehabilitation, home health care or other facilities, based on clinical need.15

    In the demo

The team

The team may include a neurorehabilitation physician, physical and occupational therapists, speech and language pathologists, specialty-trained nurses, psychologists and nutritionists, working closely with neurointensivists, neurologists, neurosurgeons and hospitalists.15

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

The Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation department helps people regain function and mobility after illness, injury or surgery; its programmes include Neuro-Rehabilitation, Cancer Rehabilitation and Outpatient Rehabilitation.16

Prof. Dr. Sabahat Wasti
Photo: Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

Proposed clinical programme leadership

Prof. Dr. Sabahat Wasti

Staff Physician, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (CCAD profile).17

Described as “Director and Staff Physician, Neurorehabilitation” in the 2024 WFNR-WSO course biography, and as “Head of Neurorehabilitation at the Neurological Institute” by the WCNR 2026 congress.18,19

  • 32

    years of experience (CCAD profile)17

  • 6

    languages: Arabic, English, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Pashto17

  • 1st

    Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation department in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi — established by Prof. Dr. Wasti (2024 course biography)18,20

Clinical focus (CCAD profile)17

  • Spasticity management
  • Stroke rehabilitation
  • Pain rehabilitation
  • Early neurological rehabilitation
  • Complex neurological disability management
  • Neuromuscular rehabilitation programme

Career

  1. 1974–1981

    MBBS, Khyber Medical College, Peshawar, Pakistan17

  2. 1994–1998

    Specialist Registrar in Rehabilitation Medicine, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, United Kingdom17

  3. Until 2007

    Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, United Kingdom — for nearly nine years17

  4. 2007

    Senior Consultant in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, with service as Interim Chair of its Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation17,20

  5. 2013

    Move to the private healthcare sector in Abu Dhabi, helping to establish rehabilitation services (WFNR mentor profile)20

  6. Since May 2017

    Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (WFNR mentor profile)20

Contributions

  • Credited by CCAD with a key role in developing the specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation in the UAE, including PM&R and neurorehabilitation services in the public and private sectors.17
  • Involved in introducing botulinum toxin for spasticity and the insertion of the first baclofen pump in the UAE (CCAD profile).17
  • Established early-mobilisation and post-critical-illness rehabilitation protocols for the local population (CCAD profile).17
  • British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine representative on the Consensus Reference Group of the 2004 national clinical guideline on multiple sclerosis, commissioned by NICE.17,21
  • Member of the development group for the traumatic brain injury section of the WHO Package of interventions for rehabilitation, Module 3: Neurological conditions (2023).22

International roles

  • Regional Vice-President for the Gulf Region of the World Federation for NeuroRehabilitation (WFNR); Chair of its Service Development and Co-Chair of its Ethics special interest groups (CCAD profile).17
  • Listed among the keynote speakers of the World Congress for NeuroRehabilitation (WCNR) 2026.19
  • Course coordinator of the WFNR-WSO Rehabilitation Course Series hosted at CCAD on 21–22 October 2024 (hybrid, accredited for DoH CME), including its aphasia module.18
  • Member of the WFNR flying faculty (2024 course biography).18

Research

  • Research focus on stroke rehabilitation, service structure and culturally adapted rehabilitation models; mentoring healthcare professionals, supervising PhD candidates and involvement in bioengineering projects (WCNR 2026).19
  • Stated interests include hyperacute stroke rehabilitation, stroke-related gait disorders, post-critical-illness rehabilitation, and ethical and cultural factors affecting rehabilitation outcomes (WFNR mentor profile).20

Selected publications

  1. 2021 · Technology-driven gait assessment after stroke23

    Mohan DM, Khandoker AH, Wasti SA, Ismail Ibrahim Ismail Alali S, Jelinek HF, Khalaf K. Assessment Methods of Post-stroke Gait: A Scoping Review of Technology-Driven Approaches to Gait Characterization and Analysis — Frontiers in Neurology 12:650024

  2. 2021 · Where stroke rehabilitation is delivered24

    Wasti SA, Surya N, Stephan KM, Owolabi M. Healthcare Settings for Rehabilitation After Stroke — Springer, in: Platz T (ed.), Clinical Pathways in Stroke Rehabilitation, 261–282

  3. 2022 · Robotic assistance for drop foot25

    Al-Rahmani N, Mohan DM, Awad MI, Wasti SA, Hussain I, Khalaf K. Lower-Limb Robotic Assistance Devices for Drop Foot: A Review — IEEE Access 10:51964–51994

  4. 2023 · Immersive virtual reality assessment after stroke26

    Park W, Jamil MH, Wasti S, Eid M. Immersive Virtual Reality Simulation of the Nine-Hole Peg Test for Post-Stroke Patients — Springer, HCI International 2023 Posters (CCIS), 125–129

  5. 2025 · Sports medicine and rehabilitation in the UAE27

    Cirasanambati M, Wasti SA. Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation in the UAE — Springer Nature Singapore, in: Al-Shamsi HO (ed.), Healthcare in the United Arab Emirates, 647–656

  6. 2026 · Physiological signals in technology-driven stroke rehabilitation28

    Khalaf K, Hamsa S, Kizhakkethil MA, Wasti SA, Jelinek HF. Integrating Physiological Signals With Technology-Driven Stroke Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review — IEEE Access 14:47200–47223

The need in the UAE

Stroke comes earlier here — and the population is ageing

Published estimates for stroke, other neurological conditions and their risk factors — and the data gaps that structured care records could help close.

  • 2,225.7

    stroke prevalence per 100,000 (age-standardised, 2019) — the highest in the Middle East and North Africa29

  • 136,808

    estimated prevalent stroke cases in the UAE in 201929

  • 95,518

    disability-adjusted life years lost to stroke in 201929

  • +710.5%

    rise in new stroke cases, 1990–2019 — the highest in the region30

  • 55

    average age of CCAD's stroke patients (2021); 24.2% were under 45, while most strokes in Europe occur after 6531

  • 6×

    more than six-fold rise expected in people aged 60+ between 2020 and 2050 — from about 311,000 to 2 million32

  • CCAD reported that 62% of its stroke patients were under 60 and 69.6% were men (2021), and describes stroke as a leading cause of permanent disability and death in the UAE.31
  • Dementia: an estimated 11,711 people in 2019, forecast to reach 221,672 by 2050 (GBD 2019 forecasting).33
  • Multiple sclerosis among Emiratis in Abu Dhabi: 64.4 per 100,000 (age-standardised), above the Gulf-region estimate of 39.3.34
  • Risk factors: age-standardised diabetes prevalence of 20.7% among adults aged 20–79 (2024), with 64% undiagnosed; pooled hypertension prevalence of 31%, with 29% awareness.35,36
  • Traumatic brain injury in Abu Dhabi's trauma registry (2018–2020): 80% of 998 patients were men aged 40 or younger; motor vehicle accidents and falls from height were the leading causes.37
  • Older persons: non-communicable diseases account for more than 90% of years lived with disability (GBD 2019, cited by UNFPA and HelpAge International).32
  • Data gap: a 2023 systematic review found a distinct lack of data on the epidemiology of neurological diseases in the UAE, with none available for some major disorders.34
  • Rehabilitation capacity: Abu Dhabi's Specialised Rehabilitation Hospital runs at around 95% capacity, sometimes 99%, according to its CEO; Aletihad reports an extension to more than 230 inpatient rehabilitation beds expected by the end of 2028.38

The published figures, charted

People living with dementia in the UAE33
2019 (estimate)11,7112050 (forecast)221,672
People living with dementia in the UAE
PeriodValue
2019 (estimate)11,711
2050 (forecast)221,672

GBD 2019 forecast; the age-standardised rate is forecast to change by 0.7%.

People aged 60 and over in the UAE32
2020about 311,0002050 (projection)2 million
People aged 60 and over in the UAE
PeriodValue
2020about 311,000
2050 (projection)2 million

UN World Population Prospects 2019, as reported by UNFPA and HelpAge International.

Age of stroke patients at CCAD (2021)31
24.2%37.8%38%
Age of stroke patients at CCAD (2021)
GroupShare
Under 4524.2%
45–5937.8%
60 and over38%

45–59 and 60 and over are derived from CCAD's published shares: 24.2% under 45 and 62% under 60.

Plans and missions

Where Abu Dhabi and the UAE are taking health care

The regulation and national strategy a neurological platform in Abu Dhabi has to serve, summarised from the official sources.

Longer, healthier lives enabled by the most intelligent system delivering preventative and personalized care at scale.
Department of Health – Abu Dhabi · Vision39

Malaffi, Abu Dhabi's health information exchange (June 2026)

  • 100%

    of Abu Dhabi hospitals connected40

  • 14 million

    unique patients40

  • 4.2 billion

    clinical records40

  • 3,144

    connected facilities40

Change over time
Clinical records in Malaffi40,41
August 20253.5 billionJune 20264.2 billion
Clinical records in Malaffi
PeriodValue
August 20253.5 billion
June 20264.2 billion
Unique patients in Malaffi40,41
August 202512.7 millionJune 202614 million
Unique patients in Malaffi
PeriodValue
August 202512.7 million
June 202614 million

Abu Dhabi health system

  • DoH strategic objectives include an “Integrated care delivery model of the future”, “High-quality outcomes and experience” and becoming a “Global digital health and data leader”.42
  • Malaffi, the region's first health information exchange (launched 2019), is integrated with the National Unified Medical Record programme Riayati and with Nabidh.43
  • DoH Policy on Digital Health (2020): digital technology to improve care delivery and outcomes, and protected, interoperable data convergence under one platform.44
  • Quality: the Muashir healthcare quality index (since 2018, evolved from Jawda) includes stroke indicators; the Rewarding Exceptional Quality programme (July 2025) began value-based incentives with fertility services, with other clinical areas to follow.45,46

Neurology, rehabilitation and telehealth

  • Neuro-Rehabilitation Service Standards (December 2025, effective April 2026) apply to all licensed inpatient, outpatient and day neurorehabilitation services, for conditions including acquired brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis.47
  • The same standards require integration with Malaffi and ask neurorehabilitation centres to make telerehabilitation a formal part of outpatient care — on secure, DoH-approved platforms and documented in Malaffi or the facility's EMR.47
  • Standard for Stroke Management (version 2, effective September 2025): tele-stroke capability for Stroke Ready and Primary Stroke Centers, 24/7 teleconsultation for stroke transfers, and a scope that includes licensed rehabilitation medicine facilities.48
  • Stroke Centres of Excellence: CCAD and Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (2023), joined by a third in Al Ain in October 2026.49,50
  • Telehealth: the DoH Standard on Tele-Medicine (2020) covers tele-consultation and tele-monitoring; quarterly Jawda telehealth indicators include teleconsultation within two working days of the request.51,52

AI, digital products and data

  • Responsible AI Standard (October 2025): minimum requirements for every licensed entity that develops, procures or deploys AI, across the whole lifecycle. DoH's healthcare AI policy dates from April 2018.53,54
  • Digital Products Governance Standard (effective August 2026): governance of healthcare software, platforms and technologies for quality, safety and patient privacy.55
  • ADHICS version 2 (effective August 2024): cloud environments hosted within the UAE, including backup and disaster recovery; data encrypted at rest and in transit, with keys not supplied by the cloud host; health information and its copies not stored, processed or transferred outside the UAE without approved exemption.56
  • Federal Law No. (2) of 2019 on ICT in health fields: health information on services provided in the UAE stays in the UAE, except in cases set by decision of the health authority in coordination with the Ministry, and is retained for at least 25 years after the last health procedure.57
  • Malaffi onboarding requires a minimum set of ADHICS controls, and the Personal Data Protection Law (Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021) sets requirements for cross-border transfer of personal data.58,59

National vision

  • We the UAE 2031: rank among the top 10 countries in the world for quality of healthcare.60
  • UAE Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (2017): in health, to minimise chronic and dangerous diseases.61
  • National Policy for Empowering People of Determination: comprehensive, high-quality health care and post-accident rehabilitation programmes.62
  • National Strategy for Wellbeing 2031: a world leader in quality of life, including healthy, active lifestyles and good mental health.63
  • UAE Centennial 2071: health sciences named among the focus areas in education.64

How the CCAD AI platform is designed to serve these goals

From published goals to demonstrated workflows

Each row pairs a cited goal with the part of the proposal designed to support it. These are intended outcomes to confirm in the pilot — not measured results.

  1. Published goal

    Plans built on each patient's goals, shared with the family

    CCAD's neurorehabilitation plans are always based on the patient's goals and discussed with the family, with progress shared.15

    How the CCAD AI platform responds

    Care holds goals, the approved plan and reviewed progress in one record; family access is a consent switch the patient controls.

  2. Published goal

    One multidisciplinary picture from the first assessment

    Patients are assessed by nursing and a consultant, then by physical, occupational and speech therapy; plans come from a multidisciplinary team.4,15

    How the CCAD AI platform responds

    Onboard structures the intake once; Pro shows the whole team the same reviewed intake, with explicit review states.

  3. Published goal

    Continuity after discharge

    Discharged patients may be referred to inpatient or outpatient rehabilitation, home health care or other facilities.15

    How the CCAD AI platform responds

    Decision turns an approved plan into a consented referral; Aimedis Rehab plans sessions and returns therapist-reviewed progress to the record.

  4. Published goal

    Telerehabilitation, documented where clinicians look

    DoH standards make telerehabilitation a formal part of outpatient neurorehabilitation, documented in Malaffi or the facility EMR.47

    How the CCAD AI platform responds

    Booking and Connect handle follow-up and remote visits inside the same record; FHIR R4 is the reference mapping, and Malaffi connectivity is an item to scope.

  5. Published goal

    Data that stays in the UAE

    ADHICS version 2 and Federal Law No. (2) of 2019 keep health data, backups and copies within the UAE, with limited approved exceptions.56,57

    How the CCAD AI platform responds

    A dedicated deployment in a UAE environment is proposed; hosting, encryption-key custody and the applicable DoH requirements are confirmed in the Align phase — implementation work, not a current certification.

    Deployment scope

  6. Published goal

    Responsible AI with a human in the loop

    The DoH Responsible AI Standard sets minimum requirements for entities that develop, procure or deploy AI, across the lifecycle.53

    How the CCAD AI platform responds

    CCAD AI prepares summaries for clinician review; nothing enters the record without an explicit clinician approval, and CCAD AI never diagnoses. Conformity with the standard is assessed during scoping.

  7. Published goal

    Research for health and culturally adapted rehabilitation

    CCAD's mission includes research for health (229 active studies); Prof. Dr. Wasti's research focuses on stroke rehabilitation and culturally adapted rehabilitation models.4,5,19

    How the CCAD AI platform responds

    Goals, sessions and reviewed progress are captured as structured, consented data from day one — ready for research questions agreed under CCAD's research governance.

  8. Published goal

    Technology-driven stroke rehabilitation

    Prof. Dr. Wasti's co-authored publications cover immersive VR assessment, gait technology and robotic assistance after stroke.23,25,26

    How the CCAD AI platform responds

    Aimedis XR offers an optional immersive environment; assigned sessions return to Aimedis Rehab for therapist review before anything is published.

  9. Published goal

    Integrated, high-quality care

    DoH aims for an integrated care delivery model of the future; the UAE aims for the global top 10 in healthcare quality by 2031.42,60

    How the CCAD AI platform responds

    One journey across registration, booking, review, plan, messages and rehabilitation, with an event trail from which quality indicators can be agreed with CCAD.

Intended outcomes, not measured results. This proposal makes no clinical-effectiveness, regulatory-compliance, partnership or live-deployment claim; Malaffi and other integrations are subject to scoping and approval.

Sources

Public sources, accessed 23 October 2026; archived copies are used where a live page was unavailable. Figures are quoted as published and describe Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi and the UAE — they are not results of the CCAD AI platform.

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Meet CCAD AI

CCAD AI — one assistant for patients, families and care teams

Explains, prepares, summarises and drafts — in Arabic and English. Clinicians decide.

Ask CCAD AI a question

Every answer and draft on this page is prepared demonstration content, written in advance and never generated live.

Khalid, 62, the fictional demonstration patient, at home with his caneKhalid, 62
For Khalid and his familyExplains his letters, reminds him and helps him prepare.AI-generated image · fictional person
The fictional demo rehabilitation physicianDemo rehabilitation physician
For the care teamSummarises Khalid's data and drafts what the physician reviews and signs.AI-generated image · fictional person

Try it

Ask CCAD AI

Choose a question. Each answer is a prepared demonstration response — written in advance, never generated live — and names its sources.

For Khalid and his family

Questions Khalid and Fatima put to CCAD AI in Care.

Questions to try

Khalid

Explain my discharge letter in simple words.

CCAD AI

On 14 September you had a stroke on the left side of your brain. That side controls the right side of your body and some of your speech, which is why your right hand and leg feel weaker and words are sometimes hard to find when you are tired. Your doctors want you to take your medicines every day, check your blood pressure each morning — your target is below 130/80 — and start rehabilitation for your hand, your walking and your speech. Your follow-up appointments are in Booking.

Prepared demonstration response · not generated live

Sources: Your discharge letter, 23 September 2026

Where CCAD AI helps

Ten places CCAD AI helps along Khalid's journey

Each one happens inside a module of the connected platform. Open it in the demo to see it in context.

  • Explains the intake questions

    In plain words, in Arabic or English, while Khalid and Fatima fill in the intake at home.

    Where it happens

    • Onboard

  • Explains the discharge letter

    Turns the letter into simple words, based only on what the care team wrote.

    Where it happens

    • Care

  • Reminds him of the warning signs

    The BE FAST signs of stroke, with the emergency number 998 always shown first.

    Where it happens

    • Care

  • Prepares his visit questions

    Three questions drawn from his intake and diary, saved to the visit so the physician sees them first.

    Where it happens

    • Care
    • thenPro

  • Summarises 14 days of home readings

    Facts from his own readings, laid out for the physician to review — never a diagnosis.

    Where it happens

    • Pro

  • Captions the video visit live

    Arabic and English captions run while Khalid, Fatima and the physician talk.

    Where it happens

    • Connect

  • Drafts the visit note from the captions

    The physician reviews, edits and signs it in Decision. Nothing enters the record without her signature.

    Where it happens

    • Connect
    • thenDecision

  • Writes the approved plan in plain language

    Once the physician approves the care plan, Khalid and Fatima read it in simple words in Care.

    Where it happens

    • Decision
    • thenCare

  • Drafts the referral letter

    From the approved plan and the visit note. The physician reviews it and sends it to Aimedis Rehab.

    Where it happens

    • Decision
    • thenAimedis Rehab

  • Drafts the home exercise sheet

    From the approved plan, shown to Khalid in Care. The therapist reviews and adjusts it at the first session.

    Where it happens

    • Aimedis Rehab
    • thenCare

The connected platform

Six modules. One connected journey.

Registration, assessment, appointments, clinical review, communication and follow-up work from one shared record — designed so that structured neurological information reaches the relevant care team, within the patient's sharing preferences.

  • Patient & family

    Onboard

    Onboarding

    Structured neurological intake with caregiver involvement.

    • Guided intake in Arabic or English
    • CCAD AI explains each question in plain words
    • Discharge letter upload and sharing choices
    • Family can help, with the patient's consent

    In the demo · Edit Khalid's three-step intake, review sharing and submit.

  • Patient & family

    Booking

    Coordinated neurological and rehabilitation follow-ups.

    • Clinic, video and tele-rehabilitation slots
    • Every time shown in Abu Dhabi time
    • Reminders and simple rescheduling
    • One record of every appointment

    In the demo · Pick a visit type and slot in Abu Dhabi time; confirm or reschedule.

  • Clinical team

    Pro

    Clinical team

    Shared clinical context and multidisciplinary review.

    • Worklist with clear review states
    • Home readings and patient-reported data as charts
    • CCAD AI pre-visit summary with its sources
    • One timeline for the whole care team

    In the demo · Open the intake, review the timeline and mark it reviewed.

  • Clinical team

    Decision

    Decision support

    Clinician-led consultation, documentation and planning.

    • Notes, plan and goals side by side
    • CCAD AI drafts, the clinician decides and approves
    • Referral to Aimedis Rehab with consent
    • Relevant Abu Dhabi standards at hand

    In the demo · Preview the prepared CCAD AI summary, edit notes and approve the plan.

  • Patient & family

    Care

    Patient record, care plan and continuing follow-up.

    • The plan in plain language
    • Medicines, exercises and education
    • Home blood-pressure and fatigue diary
    • CCAD AI companion: explain, prepare, remind

    In the demo · Read the approved plan, add an update and check appointments.

  • Patient & familyClinical team

    Connect

    Communication between patient, family and care team.

    • Messages with the care team
    • Video visits with live Arabic and English captions
    • CCAD AI drafts the visit note for sign-off
    • Family joins with consent

    In the demo · Send a message, switch view and reply as the care team.

Proposed functions. The interactive demonstration shows a representative selection of them, with prepared content and fictional data.

A patient's journey

Khalid's follow-up after stroke, connected end to end

One fictional patient carries the whole demonstration. Every step below happens on the same shared record you can explore in the demo.

Khalid, 62, the fictional demonstration patient, at home with his cane

The demonstration patient

Khalid — fictional demonstration patient

AI-generated image · fictional person
Age
62 years
Prior event
Discharged home in September 2026 after a stroke
Priorities
Greater independence at home and clear instructions for the family
Family contact
Fatima (daughter)
Patient ID
demo-patient-001

The journey in four scenes

  • Khalid and Fatima completing the intake on a tablet at homeStep 1
    Intake at homeAI-generated image · fictional people
  • Khalid and Fatima at home, as seen in the video visitStep 2
    Video follow-upAI-generated image · fictional people
  • Khalid practising buttons with an occupational therapistStep 4
    TherapyAI-generated image · fictional people
  • Khalid and Fatima walking to the neighbourhood mosqueStep 5
    Daily lifeAI-generated image · fictional people

  1. Intake

    • Onboard

    Khalid and Fatima complete a short structured intake: concerns, daily function, history and sharing.

  2. Follow-up booking

    • Booking

    A video follow-up with the rehabilitation physician — for example 27 October, 14:00 Abu Dhabi time — appears in Care and in Pro.

  3. Clinician review

    • Pro
    • Decision

    The team reviews the intake in Pro; Decision sets it beside the notes and a prepared CCAD AI summary to edit.

  4. Shared care plan

    • Decision
    • Care

    The clinician approves the plan deliberately; Khalid and Fatima read it in plain language in Care.

  5. Continuing communication

    • Connect
    • Care

    Questions and updates — such as fatigue to discuss at the next visit — reach the care team through Connect.

Connection to Aimedis Rehab

Referral out. Reviewed progress back.

A referral becomes a therapy plan in Aimedis Rehab, and reviewed progress returns to the clinical record — so neurological care and rehabilitation stay connected.

Khalid practising buttons with an occupational therapist
AI-generated image · fictional people

Scope: the Rehab integration and Rehab licensing are agreed separately — they are not part of the six-module base proposal.

  1. Core platform

    Referral approved in Decision

    Relevant summary, goals and requested disciplines — sent only once Khalid's Rehab sharing is on.
  2. Referral: from the core platform to Aimedis Rehab

  3. Aimedis Rehab

    Referral accepted

    The rehabilitation team accepts it from the Rehab inbox.

  4. Aimedis Rehab

    Therapy plan assigned

    Three functional goals confirmed; the therapy appointment appears in Booking and the plan in Care.

    Example goals

    • Dress independently, including buttons
    • Walk 300 metres outdoors with the cane — to the neighbourhood mosque
    • Prepare a simple breakfast safely

  5. Aimedis Rehab

    Therapy session

    A conventional session with a prepared note — or, within the agreed plan, the optional Aimedis XR activity.

  6. Aimedis Rehab

    Therapist review

    The therapist reviews the session summary before anything is published.
  7. Reviewed progress: from Aimedis Rehab back to the core platform

  8. Core platform

    Back in Care and Pro

    The published summary reports facts only, such as “1 of 3 planned sessions completed”.

Optional Aimedis XR

Immersive environments, linked to the rehabilitation plan

Optional extension · separately scoped and priced

Aimedis XR provides immersive environments for healthcare education, simulation and collaboration. For this proposal we built one browser concept: a calm rehabilitation studio with a short sequence of targets.

Opened from this page, the concept is preview-only and writes nothing to Khalid's record. It runs in the browser — it is not a live Unreal Engine or streaming session.

  • Immersive rehabilitation

    Selected therapist-directed activities linked to a rehabilitation plan.

  • Patient and family education

    Guided explanations of the care journey in an immersive environment.

  • Team training and collaboration

    Shared virtual clinical learning and multidisciplinary scenarios.

Khalid in an Aimedis XR reaching exercise, with a physiotherapist
AI-generated image · fictional people

How it connects to Rehab

Within an agreed Rehab plan, a therapist can assign the XR activity instead of a conventional session. Only factual session data — active time, targets completed, completion or interruption — returns to Rehab, and the therapist reviews it before anything reaches Care or Pro.

Integration and UAE deployment

Built for Abu Dhabi: rules, clinical standards and your IT

A proposed architecture, the rules and clinical standards it is designed around, and the integration steps to agree with CCAD's IT teams.

An implementation plan, not a compliance claim

Each row describes how the platform is designed to meet a rule or standard. Conformity is assessed together with CCAD during scoping, and this demonstration is connected to none of the systems shown.

Implementation plan
Part of the proposed design; confirmed in the Align phase.
To be scoped
Depends on CCAD's systems or an outside body; scoped before anything is agreed.

Proposed architecture

One platform in the UAE, connected to the systems around it

Patients and families on one side, CCAD's clinical systems on the other, and standard FHIR R4 interfaces in between.

Architecture diagram: patients and families, the UAE-hosted CCAD AI Platform, CCAD clinical systems, identity services and Malaffi.

Proposed design. The demonstration is not connected to any of these systems.

  • Proposed platform connection
  • To be scoped with CCAD
  • Consent checked at each exchange
Khalid and Fatima at home, as seen in the video visit
AI-generated image · fictional people

Patients & families

  • Care appRecord and care plan
  • Connect videoVideo visits and messages
  • BookingAppointments

CCAD AI Platform

UAE-hosted

Implementation plan

Six connected modules

  • Onboard
  • Booking
  • Pro
  • Decision
  • Care
  • Connect

CCAD AIAssistant with a clinician in the loop

Optional extensions · separately scoped

  • Aimedis Rehab
  • Aimedis XR
The Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi tower on Al Maryah Island
Photo: Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

CCAD clinical systems

To be scoped
  • Electronic health recordSystem to be confirmed
  • Imaging (PACS)
  • Laboratory

Around the platform

Identity

  • UAE PASS

    Patient sign-in

    To be scoped

  • CCAD single sign-on

    Staff sign-in

    Implementation plan

Abu Dhabi health information exchange

Malaffi

Integration to be scoped

To be scoped

National records: Riayati, Nabidh (via Malaffi)

Across every connection

  • Consent at every exchange
  • Audit trail
  • Encryption in transit and at rest
  • Keys held in the UAE

How the parts connect

  • Patients and families reach the platform through Care, Connect and Booking: a proposed connection.
  • The platform and CCAD's clinical systems would exchange information through FHIR R4 APIs: to be scoped.
  • The platform and Malaffi: integration to be scoped.
  • Staff would sign in through CCAD single sign-on (implementation plan) and patients through UAE PASS (to be scoped).

Rules and standards

Ten rules and standards, and how the platform is designed to meet them

Each row names the rule and its date, how the platform is designed to meet it, and the implementation phase that addresses it.

Rule or standard
How the platform is designed to meet it
Phase

Rule 1: ADHICS version 256

DoH Abu Dhabi · effective August 2024

UAE-region hosting, including backup and disaster recovery; encryption at rest and in transit, with keys not supplied by the cloud host; mapping of the platform to the ADHICS controls.

Align and Configure

Implementation plan

Rule 2: Federal Law on ICT in health57

UAE · Federal Law No. (2) of 2019

Storage and processing inside the UAE; retention of at least 25 years after the last health procedure.

Configure

Implementation plan

Rule 3: Personal Data Protection Law59

UAE · Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021

No cross-border transfer of personal data without an approved basis.

Align

Implementation plan

Rule 4: Responsible AI Standard53

DoH Abu Dhabi · October 2025

CCAD AI works with a clinician in the loop: every AI text is labelled, nothing enters the record without clinician approval, and it never diagnoses. Models are documented and monitored; conformity is assessed during scoping.

Align to Pilot

Implementation plan

Rule 5: Digital Products Governance Standard55

DoH Abu Dhabi · effective August 2026

A product governance file, change control, and quality and safety documentation.

Configure

Implementation plan

Rule 6: Tele-Medicine Standard and Jawda telehealth indicators51,52

DoH Abu Dhabi · 2020 · quarterly indicators

Video visits and teleconsultation workflows, with reporting such as teleconsultation within two working days of the request.

Configure and Pilot

Implementation plan

Rule 7: Neuro-Rehabilitation Service Standards47

DoH Abu Dhabi · December 2025, effective April 2026

Telerehabilitation as a formal part of outpatient care, documented in Malaffi or the EMR; goal-based multidisciplinary plans.

Configure and Pilot

Implementation plan

Rule 8: Standard for Stroke Management, version 248

DoH Abu Dhabi · effective September 2025

Support for teleconsultation-coordinated stroke follow-up and rehabilitation scope.

Pilot

To be scoped

Rule 9: Malaffi onboarding43,58

Abu Dhabi health information exchange · minimum ADHICS controls

Integration to be scoped with Malaffi; minimum controls in place before onboarding.

Expand

To be scoped

Rule 10: Clinical data standards

HL7 FHIR R4 and agreed terminologies

HL7 FHIR R4 resources; terminologies as agreed with CCAD and DoH (for example SNOMED CT, ICD-10, LOINC).

Configure

Implementation plan

Rules as published by the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi and the UAE Government; see the Sources in the CCAD & UAE section.

Integration roadmap

Implementation plan

Four steps, from the system inventory to Malaffi

The phases of the implementation plan, seen through integration, hosting and standards. Dates are agreed once the scope is confirmed.

  1. Align

    • System inventory
    • Data-protection impact assessment
    • Consent model

    Rules addressed

    • Rule 1
    • Rule 3
    • Rule 4

  2. Configure and connect

    • FHIR interfaces
    • Single sign-on
    • UAE hosting

    Rules addressed

    • Rule 1
    • Rule 2
    • Rule 4
    • Rule 5
    • Rule 6
    • Rule 7
    • Rule 10

  3. Pilot

    • Controlled cohort
    • Monitoring
    • Jawda reporting

    Rules addressed

    • Rule 4
    • Rule 6
    • Rule 7
    • Rule 8

  4. Expand

    • Malaffi, once scoped
    • More pathways
    • Optional Aimedis Rehab and Aimedis XR

    Rules addressed

    • Rule 9

Integration concept

Simulated exchange — no external clinical connection. A proposed design, to be reconciled with the actual systems in discovery.

Connection status

Aimedis Rehab adapter
Demo adapter
Hospital and health information exchange
To be scoped

Malaffi, Abu Dhabi's health information exchange, is an integration consideration — to be scoped. This demonstration has no connection to it.

Proposed FHIR R4 mapping

Illustrative. FHIR R4 is the reference version for this demonstration; the production version and customer profiles are confirmed in integration discovery.

Demonstration informationIllustrative FHIR R4 resource(s)
Patient and linked caregiverPatientRelatedPerson
Clinical professionals and disciplinesPractitionerPractitionerRoleCareTeam
Sharing preferencesConsent
Intake form and submitted answersQuestionnaireQuestionnaireResponse
Appointment and consultationAppointmentEncounter
Condition and relevant historyCondition
Approved care or rehabilitation planCarePlanGoal
Rehabilitation referralServiceRequest
Referral execution and work trackingTask
Patient- or clinician-reported measurementObservationwhen the relevant meaning and coding are defined
Reviewed summary or reportDocumentReference
Clinical communication recordCommunicationwhere appropriate to the agreed profile
Attribution and access eventsProvenanceAuditEventas appropriate

XR interaction data stays application session data: it is not mapped to a clinically validated Observation.

Proposed exchanged information

DirectionMinimum proposed data
Core platformAimedis RehabMapped patient identity, relevant diagnosis and history summary, referral, referring professional, consent reference, selected goals and relevant report references.
Aimedis RehabCore platformAccepted referral state, responsible team, approved plan, appointments, goals, session completion and clinician-reviewed progress summaries.
Aimedis RehabAimedis XR(when selected)Pseudonymous session reference, assigned activity, therapist-selected configuration and permitted session scope.
Aimedis XRAimedis Rehab(when selected)Session completion, factual interaction metrics and any interruption; therapist review precedes clinical publication.

Future production connection — design only

  • Reconcile these interfaces with the actual Aimedis Rehab API and identity model before implementation.
  • Agree patient-identifier mapping, organisation boundaries, FHIR profiles, terminology, consent scope and data ownership.
  • Route real traffic through authenticated server-side adapters; never expose service credentials in browser code.
  • Use server-validated identity and consent checks, delivery acknowledgements, idempotency, version and conflict handling, and auditable updates.
  • Prefer negotiated event or webhook delivery, or a supported pull mechanism, according to the real API contract.
  • Show pending, failed and retried exchanges explicitly — never fabricate successful delivery.

Implementation approach

Four phases, each with agreed outputs

A branded enterprise deployment, built on Aimedis's existing software and development know-how. Dates are agreed together once the scope is confirmed.

  1. Align

    Confirm the initial clinical pathways, programme leadership, branding, scope, integration inventory, consent model and commercial assumptions.

    Outputs

    • Agreed pathways and scope
    • Integration inventory
    • Consent model

  2. Configure and connect

    Adapt the six core modules, localise language and workflows, prepare the UAE environment and implement the agreed interfaces.

    Outputs

    • Configured, localised platform
    • Prepared UAE environment
    • Agreed interfaces in place

  3. Pilot

    Work with a controlled cohort: train teams, review clinical and operational workflows, and verify support and interoperability before broader use.

    Outputs

    • Trained teams
    • Reviewed workflows
    • Support and interoperability verified

  4. Expand

    Scale the agreed neurological pathways and progressively add the scoped Rehab connection and optional XR experiences.

    Outputs

    • Further agreed pathways
    • Scoped Rehab connection
    • Optional XR experiences

Primary demonstration pathway

Post-stroke follow-up

Neurological care and rehabilitation after discharge — the pathway Khalid's story follows.

Other potential neurological pathways

  • Epilepsy
  • Migraine
  • Parkinson's disease
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Cognitive conditions

Candidates for later phases; not separate workflows in this demonstration.

Measures to agree for the pilot

  • Intake completion
  • Appointment attendance
  • Staff review effort
  • Patient engagement
  • Goal follow-up

Future measurements to agree together — not results or promised benefits.

Proposed clinical programme leadership: Prof. Dr. Sabahat Wasti.

Investment

Three parts, one connected platform

The proposed commercial structure for a non-exclusive enterprise deployment of the six core platforms. All amounts are in AED and exclude applicable taxes; the proposal is indicative and subject to final scope and agreement.

  • Implementation fee

    AED 1,500,000

    One-time

    Upfront enterprise licence and implementation: branded deployment, agreed neurological adaptation, configuration, validation, training and rollout.

  • Monthly service fee

    AED 60,000

    Per month

    Platform access, agreed infrastructure capacity, maintenance, security updates and defined support/SLA.

  • Active patient licence

    AED 35

    Per active patient per month

    Use across the six core modules, with agreed usage allowances.

Proposed payment schedule

  • On signing

    40% of the implementation fee

    AED 600,000

  • On acceptance of the configured platform

    40% of the implementation fee

    AED 600,000

  • At go-live

    20% of the implementation fee

    AED 300,000

Estimated platform cost

Choose a monthly active-patient volume to see the core platform estimate.

020,000

A whole number from 0 to 20,000. 5,000 is a planning assumption, not an adoption statistic.

Core platform estimate

At 5,000 active patients per month

Recurring

Monthly service fee
AED 60,000
Monthly patient fees5,000 active patients × AED 35
AED 175,000
Total monthly cost
AED 235,000
12-month operating cost
AED 2,820,000

Including the implementation fee

Implementation fee (one-time, shown separately)
AED 1,500,000
Implementation + first 12 operating months
AED 4,320,000
Implementation + 36 operating months
AED 9,960,000
Effective recurring cost per active patient per month
AED 47.00

Estimates assume the selected number of active patients in every operating month.

Changing the volume shows a cost scenario — not an adoption projection or a volume commitment.

Active patient — proposed definition

A unique patient receiving a consultation, submitting monitoring information or participating in a substantive care-team interaction during the calendar month. Count the patient once across all six core modules, regardless of repeat visits. Passive stored records and automated reminders alone do not count.

Active patients are not registered accounts, new registrations or appointment counts.

Optional extensions

Select extensions to include them in the scoping discussion. They do not change the core platform estimate.

Include Aimedis Rehab connection

Referral handoff, goals, sessions and reviewed progress between the platform and Aimedis Rehab.

Include Aimedis XR

Immersive environments for selected rehabilitation, education and team-training use cases.

Core platform estimate

Monthly core platform cost by volume

AED per month

Active patients per month

Core platform estimate per month by active patients per month
Active patients per monthCore platform estimate per month
0AED 60,000
5,000 (selected volume)AED 235,000
10,000AED 410,000
15,000AED 585,000
20,000AED 760,000
Core platform estimate

Cumulative cost over 36 operating months

AED, at 5,000 active patients per month

Operating month

Cumulative core platform estimate by operating month at 5,000 active patients per month
Operating monthCumulative core platform estimate
0, implementation feeAED 1,500,000
6AED 2,910,000
12AED 4,320,000
18AED 5,730,000
24AED 7,140,000
30AED 8,550,000
36AED 9,960,000

Both charts follow the volume chosen above and show the core platform estimate only; optional extensions are not included. The service-fee floor is the monthly service fee of AED 60,000, charged at every volume.

Commercial notes

  • Proposed contract term: 36 operating months, with the rollout and commitments agreed commercially.
  • Recurring fees start at the agreed go-live. “First 12 months” means the first 12 full operating months after go-live, not necessarily the first 12 months after signing.
  • Aimedis retains its underlying platform IP. Exclusivity, sublicensing and source-code ownership are separately negotiated rights.
  • Sites, clinical users, supported integrations and support hours are defined in the statement of work.
  • Additional integrations, substantial new features, clinical staffing, hardware and consumption above agreed allowances are separately scoped.
  • Aimedis Rehab integration and licensing, and Aimedis XR content, hardware or streaming, are separately scoped options; no prices are shown for them.
  • All amounts exclude applicable taxes.
  • The 5,000-patient volume is an estimate unless a contractual minimum is agreed. This proposal is indicative and subject to final scope and agreement.

Investment summary

Selected volume: 5,000 active patients per month

Recurring

Monthly service fee
AED 60,000
Monthly patient fees5,000 active patients × AED 35
AED 175,000
Total monthly cost
AED 235,000
12-month operating cost
AED 2,820,000

Including the implementation fee

Implementation fee (one-time, shown separately)
AED 1,500,000
Implementation + first 12 operating months
AED 4,320,000
Implementation + 36 operating months
AED 9,960,000
Effective recurring cost per active patient per month
AED 47.00

Optional extensions

No optional extensions selected.

Estimates assume the selected number of active patients in every operating month.

All amounts exclude applicable taxes.

The 5,000-patient volume is an estimate unless a contractual minimum is agreed. This proposal is indicative and subject to final scope and agreement.

Next steps

A scoping workshop to shape the pilot

We propose a short joint workshop on five topics.

Explore demo

Prints a paper version of this proposal.

  1. Clinical pathways

    Confirm the first pathways, starting with post-stroke follow-up.

  2. Integration inventory

    List the systems, identifiers and data flows involved.

  3. Patient-volume assumptions

    Test the planning assumption of 5,000 active patients a month.

  4. Support requirements

    Agree sites, clinical users, support hours and service levels.

  5. Optional Rehab and XR scope

    Decide whether, and how, to scope the extensions.