Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 89 | Page 59

CASE STUDY

King ’ s College Hospital London – Dubai and Oracle Cerner have partnered to accelerate innovation . As part of the agreement , Oracle Cerner will utilise Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services via the Oracle Cloud Dubai Region to operate and manage the upgraded and enhanced electronic medical records system on behalf of King ’ s College Hospital London – Dubai .

King ’ s College Hospital London – Dubai is a renowned teaching hospital in London with over 175 years ’ experience , that is now present in the UAE . Its multispecialty medical centres are based in Jumeirah and Marina in Dubai and its 100-bed multi-specialty tertiary hospital in the Dubai Hills estate .
This will be the first UAE-based cloud deployment by Oracle Cerner in the region . It has the potential to support more than 10,000 concurrent users and will create a new care delivery model that can provide realtime coordination and information exchange among multiple providers , patients , and locations in the country .
Digital transformation is inevitable for enterprises in all industries including healthcare . Says Jyoti Lalchandani , IDC ’ s Group Vice President , and Regional Managing Director META at the recent Directions 2023 , “ In order to navigate storms of disruption , organisations will need to invest in strengthening their digital resiliency , so they are better positioned to succeed in new market environments as conditions continue to change .”
Implementation of further digitalisation in critical areas such as customer experience , operations , and financial management , together with a more rapid shift to a digital business approach , will be key to separating the thrivers from the survivors .
IDC expects to see digital transformation spending as a share of overall IT spending reaching 43 % in 2026 ,

IMPLEMENTATION STARTS WITH THE

CREATION OF A

TEMPORARY DOMAIN ON OCI FOR KING ’ S COLLEGE HOSPITAL

LONDON – DUBAI .

www . intelligentcio . com INTELLIGENTCIO MIDDLE EAST 59