Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 58 | Page 51

FEATURE: HEALTHCARE UAE’s Ain Al Khaleej Hospital achieves HIMSS 6 Certification with EPR system Al Ain-based private hospital has enabled a completely paperless environment and electronic medical records leading to exceptional service facilitated by digital tools. Although just eight years old, Ain Al Khaleej Hospital in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has already achieved significant milestones on its journey to digital health. The hospital serves the growing population of Al Ain under the governance of the Health Authority of Abu Dhabi (HAAD). It has 108 beds and attends to more than 600 patients a day. Recently, the hospital earned accolades from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) for its electronic patient record (EPR) system. HIMSS awarded Ain Al Khaleej with Stage 6 certification in the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM), an eight-stage maturity model that tracks hospitals’ progress toward a paperless environment. Fuelling this success is DXC’s Enterprise Management, a proven EPR system that helps to create connections between every department within the hospital, delivering information when and where it’s needed. Going paperless With a focus on world-class IT and digital tools, Ain Al Khaleej has made great strides in a short time toward a paperless, fully electronic working www.intelligentcio.com INTELLIGENTCIO 51