DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) will begin rolling out the Clinical Information System (CIS) for Rumailah Hospital and related services on
November 6.
During the go-live, Rumailah Hospital will replace its existing paper-based patient clinical records system with the new electronic CIS. This is part of a phased roll out across HMC and Primary Healthcare Corporation (PHCC). When it is complete, all patient records will be stored and accessible electronically across the two organisations.
Women’s Hospital, Al Wakra Hospital, the National Center for Cancer Care and Research, Heart Hospital, Al Khor Hospital and The Cuban Hospital, as well as a number of PHCC clinics have already rolled out the CIS system over the last 12 months with a positive impact.
Clinicians at these facilities now have access to a single electronic health record of their patients at their fingertips whenever they need it. The CIS is a comprehensive system-wide change that has been designed in collaboration with clinicians to ensure that patients receive the safest and most effective clinical care. Through the implementation of this system, clinicians and healthcare providers will be able to access a patient’s healthcare history, prescription information, clinical notes and other important information electronically. The system will change the way all staff work across HMC and PHCC, supporting them to integrate care across multiple provider sites. As a result, a period of transition while staff and patients adjust is expected. Rumailah Hospital staff will need to gather more information from patients in order to register them in the new system, which may mean that appointments will take a little longer.
Dr Abdul Aziz Darwish, Medical Director of Rumailah Hospital, explained that his team has put a number of processes in place to ensure as smooth a patient experience as possible, but asked that patients show understanding during this transition period.
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