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Digital health and patient safety

by Dr. Yasir Khan   |   January 13, 2022

‘Do no harm’ – an undertaking that every clinician takes when they enter the world of healthcare provision. It is one of the oldest guiding principles of medical service that has existed since the Hippocratic Oath was first uttered. This principle reflects on a huge responsibility that lies on the shoulders of healthcare providers and organizations across the entire spectrum of healthcare.

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Cerner Middle East and Africa Unveils Its 2019 Achievement and Innovation Award Winners

by Cerner Middle East and Africa
May 5, 2019
Cerner Middle East & Africa celebrated the eighth edition of its annual Achievement and Innovation Awards by honoring clients across the region for their most rewarding health care technology adoptions in four categories: User Experience, Patient Experience, Financial Outcomes and Health Outcomes.

Creating Better Outcomes Together: Recap of Cerner’s 2019 Middle East and Africa Collaboration Forum

by Cerner Middle East and Africa
April 25, 2019
Over 350 guests from more than 20 client organizations attended the 10th Cerner Middle East and Africa Collaboration Forum (#CernerMEACF19) last week. The three-day forum kicked off on April 15th with eight pre-conference workshops, followed by a diverse range of keynote and education sessions on the following two days.

Middle East and Africa Collaboration Forum 2019

Cerner Middle East & Africa Collaboration Forum 2019 – Exciting Sessions in Store for You

by Vivian Gendy
March 26, 2019
We look forward to hosting our esteemed guest speakers. Here is a sneak peek for a few sessions with great presenters we have lined up at the #CernerMEACF19.

King Faisal’s state-of-the-art tower, King Abdullah Center for Oncology & Liver Disease (KACOLD), where there are 300 smart rooms deployed.

Empowering patients through IT and utilising predictive analytics to improve quality of care

by Dr. Osama Alswailem | Alaa Adel
March 12, 2019
HIMSS Asia Pacific spoke to Dr Osama Al Swailem, Chief Information Officer KFSH&RC, to learn about how the use of technology has impacted both patients and clinicians, resulting in patient empowerment in their own healthcare journey and the improvement of performance for clinicians.

Middle East and Africa Collaboration Forum 2019

Middle East and Africa Collaboration Forum 2019: creating better outcomes together

by Vivian Gendy
March 5, 2019
The annual Middle East and Africa Collaboration Forum (MEACF19) is designed to maximize your engagement with peers and experts from across the industry, providing the opportunity to attend insightful sessions about what’s shaping the health care environment.

Creating smarter data-driven systems

Creating smarter data-driven systems

by Bachir Awad
February 21, 2019
In an interview with the editor of the Arab Health tradeshow’s daily dose newspaper, Bachir Awad, vice president and managing director of Cerner Middle East and Africa, discusses Cerner innovations showcased at the event and the advanced offerings for the region’s health care industry.

Leveraging EHR-embedded education to encourage breastfeeding

by Gracamma Joppachen | Jeanne Margarette Grace R. Grande | Rachelle Ann V. Barilla
February 11, 2019
More newborns are now exclusively breastfed at Women’s Hospital in Doha, Qatar, in part due to a new program that focuses on educating new mothers. Once the new education protocols were put in place at the hospital’s high-dependency unit, which cares for women with complicated pregnancies, the department reported a significant increase in the number of new mothers who chose to exclusively breastfeed.

Cerner to participate at ‘Innovation Hub’ during Arab Health Exhibition and Congress 2019

by Cerner Middle East and Africa
January 22, 2019
Cerner to unveil an immersive Motion Health experience and share at its booth interactive talks about the current and future health care landscape

New automation of communicable disease notifications in Qatar

New automation of communicable disease notifications in Qatar

by Peter G. Bresko
January 8, 2019
I have had the privilege of working at some of the best organizations in the world. This brings with it a litany of experience around value, quality, and safety in health care. I am proud to be joining the amazing team at Cerner and look forward to enhancing Hamad Medical Corporation’s value portfolio in the years ahead. My name is Peter Bresko and I am the senior quality measurement leader for Cerner in Qatar.

King Faisal’s state-of-the-art tower, King Abdullah Center for Oncology & Liver Disease (KACOLD), where there are 300 smart rooms deployed.

Engaging Patients with Technology: Q&A with Dr. Osama Alswailem of King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre

by Dr. Osama Alswailem
January 2, 2019
Saudi Arabia—primarily a national system of government-provided health care—is focused on increasing funding to improve health care and, in return, the lives of its citizens. Fueled by a strong economy driven by the oil production industry and a vision for the future, Saudi Arabia’s government has spent billions of Saudi Riyals to develop and improve health care, which has increased the number of government and private health care facilities across the country.

How Cerner is helping transform healthcare in Saudi Arabia

How Cerner is helping transform health care in Saudi Arabia

by Ali Slimani
December 17, 2018
In an interview with HIMSS TV, Ali Slimani, Cerner's general manager of strategic partnerships for the Middle East talked about how Cerner is aligned with the health care Quadruple Aim, which includes improving patient and clinician experiences as well as lowering overall cost of care.

Empowering the healthier citizens of tomorrow

Empowering the healthier citizens of tomorrow

by Michael Pomerance
December 5, 2018
The Business Year talks to Michael Pomerance about health technology and how the focus is now shifting toward designing a health care system with the patient in mind.

Smarter care is the future in the Middle East

by Bachir Awad
November 19, 2018
Hospitals and The Arab Hospi-tal magazines discussed with Bachir Awad, vice president & managing director of Cerner Middle East & Africa, the future of health care and the impact of the new technologies in shaping health care services.

Changing the face of health care in the Middle East

by Michael Schelper
November 7, 2018
In an interview with Arab Health’s Leaders in the Spotlight, Michael Schelper talked about how Cerner Middle East is helping to shape health care for the future, and the company's presence at Arab Health 2019 on 28-31 January.

I must do what? Type? - To the next generation of employees, the keyboard is extinct, are you ready?

by Dr. Colin Fincham
October 30, 2018
I knew the world was changing, whilst sitting drinking coffee in my favorite coffee shop, when my ears were alerted to someone speaking but not in a totally conversational way, I turned around to see the orator dictating an SMS message into his phone. It was at that moment I realized that the way we interact with our technologies is moving on.