The sustainable transformation of health care systems requires New level of quality in the cooperation of all players in the healthcare system Significant intensification of communication and global transfer of knowledge 19 th Century Healthcare System with a 21 st Century Information Technology Without far-reaching reforms, many healthcare systems will not survive the next 15 years, according to the study “Health Cast 2020”

This approach requires all-encompassing transparency, interoperability and standardization of the entire treatment process information technology is gaining in strategic importance in the transformation of healthcare systems Increased efficiency through the transition from an institutional system to a patient-oriented informational approach will play a crucial role

Percent of Revenues Spent on IT by Industry

If You cant Measure IT, You cant Manage IT

Percent of Revenues Spent on IT by Industry If You cant Measure IT, You cant Manage IT Business Value Dials

Patient safety Quality of care Patient access Physician and staff productivity Physician and staff satisfaction Revenue enhancement Cost optimization

Care Transformation

“Patients start healing sooner they experience higher quality care and fewer errors”

Impact of PACS

Transforming Healthcare Workflow Optimization Goes Mobile Are they thinking about improving clinical, operations and business processes as inter-related activities? Are they looking for methods and tools to evaluate whether investment in mobility is right for your organization? Have Kuwait tried leading edge technologies and received questionable return on investment? Are they thinking about improving clinical, operations and business processes as inter-related activities? Are they looking for methods and tools to evaluate whether investment in mobility is right for your organization? Have Kuwait tried leading edge technologies and received questionable return on investment? What is the transforming value of going mobile at the point of care, why mobility is a game-changing technology enabler, and how to get there? Is optimizing patient-care workflows on Kuwait leaders mind? What is the transforming value of going mobile at the point of care, why mobility is a game-changing technology enabler, and how to get there? Is optimizing patient-care workflows on Kuwait leaders mind?

M.P.O.C.

M.P.O.C. Requirement Mobile Device Wireless Network Application

Reform being apposed by perocracy Quality management Health Insurance HIT National Electronic Health Record Standards Subject Matter Experts ( Involvement of end-user) Accountability & Accreditability National Electronic Health Record Standards Subject Matter Experts ( Involvement of end-user) Accountability & Accreditability Do we know what our patient need?

Kuwait virgin soil for a unified electronic medical record standard highway establishment Growing number of Senior citizens Form of the Reform Degree of sophistication of health IT systems is low. Automation of what ? Business processes to Automate Automate to define Business processes Automation of what ? Business processes to Automate Automate to define Business processes

Long Term Objectives Overall paperless and film less enabled environment Establishing a competence & excellence center for medical informatics technologies Realize virtual health delivery system Overall paperless and film less enabled environment Establishing a competence & excellence center for medical informatics technologies Realize virtual health delivery system

Hospital 1Hospital 2 Hospital 3 Hospital 4 Hospital 5 Hospital 6 Hospital 7 MOH HOSPITALS Satellite Implementation UNIKE ( Unified National Intelligent Kuwait Electronic Health record) Project Team UNIKE ( Unified National Intelligent Kuwait Electronic Health record) Project Team UNIKE Management Team MOH Steering Committee Customer Care Center

It is reality not a science fiction