Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) with the goal of creating a regional center of excellence for medical services, medical education, and life science research and development in the Middle East. DHCC is the world's first health care free zone. Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) represents an opportunity to leverage Dubai's successful growth and development along with the region's professional capital—and the experience of its partners in medical education, health care systems development, and strategic planning—to create a location of choice for high-quality and innovative health care management, education, and research, enriched by international health care providers yet unhindered by legacy systems and practices.

DHCC has invited internationally respected institutions in health care delivery, education, services, and research and development to collocate on the site to take advantage of the synergies brought about by physical proximity, interconnectivity, and professional collaboration. Medical centers in Great Britain , Germany , and the United States have expressed interest in participating in DHCC, with particular interest directed to the academic medical center component.

DHCC's services and facilities will be available to the UAE, the whole of the Middle East, and surrounding regions. Under the auspices of the Center for Healthcare Planning and Quality (CPQ), Harvard Medical International and DHCC will oversee a quality assurance system that will guide continuous improvement throughout the entire site.

Increasing investments will have to be made to accommodate the demand generated by a growing population, general improvement in living standards and the public consciousness for health and medical services. All these have boosted demand to exceptional levels. Thus, the medical and health sectors have become an appealing channel for investments promising high returns.

DHCC offers opportunities for attractive returns on investment for healthcare-related services. Investors can enjoy the benefits of doing business in a free zone - no need for a local partner. The high quality standards will attract tenants, and patient privacy and confidentiality will be assured.

Dubai Healthcare City is designed so that the health care professionals working on the site can take advantage of the synergies brought about by physical proximity and professional collaboration. Within DHCC each health care provider becomes part of a cycle of continual improvement, helping to develop and improve upon benchmarks of patient care.

Patient-centered care, state-of-the-art facilities, leading-edge technology, quality management, and ongoing professional development will be key components of DHCC. But the heart of Dubai Healthcare City will be the talented health care professionals who will practice here. DHCC will bring together leading health care providers focused on preventing and treating diseases of particular prevalence in the Gulf Region, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer.

To augment the practice of its health care professionals, DHCC is committed to supporting training and ongoing professional development of nurses, attracting the full range of allied health and wellness professionals, and providing regular continuing medical education programs within the DHCC community.