Primary source verification is the process of checking the educational back ground,training,experience as well as other credentials of all health care practitioners applying for registration and licencing in both the private and public health sectors in the state of Qatar,Saudi,Dubai,Abudhabi and Oman.PSV is done by verification agency DATAFLOW.

This assumes the regulators that all healthcare practioners credentials are verified as genuienethus,ensuring safe and effective professional practice in the state of Qatar,Saudi,Dubai,Abudhabi and other emirates in UAE and Oman.

Primary source verification means that those applicants who submit false or misleading credentials are discovered early and prevented from practicing .It also allows supreme council of health Qatar,Dubai health authority (DHA),health authority of Abudhabi and Oman medical speciality board to warn other registration authorities of fraudulent applicants.