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Talking
point
IT Director
reveals what
makes him tick
Rapid
growth
Huawei executive
on company’s
success
Spotlight
on KSA
How technology is
transforming
transportation
Transforming
care delivery
Mediclinic Middle East, one of the largest private healthcare
groups in the UAE, is implementing TrakCare from InterSystems
across its network, enabling its care providers to have a holistic
view of each patient’s information.
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EDITOR’S NOTE
W
elcome to the latest edition of
Intelligent CIO magazine. This
month’s cover features Donna
Lunn, Chief Information Officer at Mediclinic
Middle East.
Mediclinic Middle East (MCME), one of
the largest private healthcare groups in
the UAE, is implementing TrakCare from
InterSystems across its network of hospitals.
Its deployment, including the latest
example at Mediclinic Al Noor Hospital,
enables the group’s care providers to have
a holistic view of each patient’s clinical,
administrative and financial information at
any given time.
TrakCare’s Electronic Medical Record System
(EMR) enables the group’s care providers to
have a holistic view of each patient’s clinical,
administrative and financial information at
any given time.
The EMR system supports MCME medical
staff in their decision-making, while creating
more opportunities to offer patients an
enhanced experience and seamless care
journey as they spend less time waiting.
“We believe in utilising technology to
achieve these goals and transform care
delivery,” said Lunn, who added that the
company is delighted with the successful
implementation of TrakCare at Mediclinic Al
Noor Hospital.
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Turn to page 58 to read an in-depth
interview with Lunn who highlights the many
benefits of the solution.
This edition’s Get To Know article features
Mohammad Alotaibi, Director of IT – Kuwait
Direct Investment Promotion Authority.
On page 81 we talk to him about his career
and his most memorable achievement in
the workplace. We even ask if there was one
career decision he could change what would
it be.
He certainly provides us with a thoughtful
and philosophical response that most of us
would do well to learn from. Turn to page 81
to find out what it is!
Huawei has enjoyed incredible growth
in the infrastructure and smart devices
markets in the last year. In a face-to-face
interview Intelligent CIO spoke to Alaa
Elshimy, Managing Director, Enterprise
Business Group, Middle East, Huawei,
about the company’s performance in the
region and the potential of Industrial IoT in
combination with AI and 5G.
We discussed reasons for the company’s rapid
growth. He told us: “One major differentiator
is our investment in R&D. Last year we
invested US$15.3 billion. This year we are
planning to invest US$18 billion. These are
huge numbers. This is maybe bigger than the
total profit of some of the competition.”
Elshimy added that the objective is to bring
new technology to help transform the
industry to the benefit of the enterprises and
the consumer business.
On a note of opportunity he added: “So
things are changing in the world because of
the involvement of technology and because
we are becoming more demanding as
individuals. That’s creating more challenges
but also creating new opportunities.”
Turn to page 36 to find out more.
As usual we have the latest news from
around the region and your favourite
features. If you would like to be included
in the magazine feel free to email me at
mark@lynchpinmedia.co.uk and don’t forget
to visit https://www.intelligentcio.com/me/
for daily updates.
Mark Bowen
Editor
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