To ensure appropriate utilisation of shafafiya services, all users of the portal must comply with the policies described below:
Policy |
Description |
Effective date |
P001 |
The user accounts of Healthcare Entities that do not monitor their registered email addresses will be disabled until shafafiya user email address is updated in DOH User Management system in accordance with section 5 of Shafafiya User Registration guide |
21 September 2017 |
P002 |
The result returned by the SearchTransactions service is limited to 1000 records (will be implemented in conjunction with policy P004) |
TBA |
P003 |
If no time interval is specified in search criteria, SearchTransactions result is limited to the last 30 days |
TBA |
P004 |
Entities are allowed to call SearchTransactions service maximum 10 times in an hour during peak hours and unlimited number of times after peak hours |
TBA |
P005 |
GetNewTransactions result is limited to 100 records |
TBA |
P006 |
GetNewPriorAuthorizationTransactions result is limited to 100 records |
TBA |
P007 |
CheckForNewPriorAuthorization service is not in use from 1 Sep 17 TBA |
TBA |
P008 |
GetNewTransactions result is limited to the last 30 days |
TBA |
P009 |
GetNewTransactions returns ClaimSubmission and RemittanceAdvice transactions only |
TBA |
P010 |
User is allowed to call GetNewTransactions service one time every 1 minute |
TBA |
P011 |
GetNewPriorAuthorizationTransactions result is limited to the last 5 days |
TBA |
P012 |
Use is allowed to call GetNewPriorAuthorizationTransactions service one time every 5 seconds |
TBA |
P013 |
Users who download the same file more than 10 times in a day will be disabled |
TBA |
P014 |
Users are allowed to upload maximum 500 transactions per hour during the peak hours |
TBA |
P015 |
The total number of service calls per minute is limited to 20,000 |
TBA |
For inquires kindly contact codes@doh.gov.ae
Healthcare Entities that are not able to comply or anticipate disruption of their operations due to implementation of these policies must request assessment of their systems by email to shafafiyasupport@doh.gov.ae mentioning:
- DOH Licence Number
- Respective policies and reasons that prevent compliance
- The time required to ensure compliance