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https://www.cerner.com/ae/en/solutions/network-security/security
SolutionsTo help populations live fully and healthily, smart health management is of core value. It refers to an integrated approach where an organization takes up the responsibility for holistic health care and all health-care-delivery-related functionalities, which is data- (hence evidence-) driven. It not only helps in generating data, but also guides the organizations in making informed decisions around designing strategies for the best outcomes.
https://www.cerner.com/ae/en/blog/social-transformation-of-health-care
Cerner Health Conference 2019 is just around the corner. If you are planning to join us in Kansas City between 7-9 October, make sure you keep reading and get excited about everything you can expect from your CHC experience.
https://www.cerner.com/ae/en/blog/what-to-expect-at-chc19
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.
https://www.cerner.com/ae/en/blog/leveraging-ehr-embedded-education-to-encourage-breastfeeding
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.
https://www.cerner.com/ae/en/blog/creating-smarter-data-driven-systems
Raising children can be one of the hardest tasks. No wonder it is often said ‘raising children is like chewing on stone’! And so, providing care to children is even more complicated. It’s hard, complex and must be provided with the utmost care and diligence because children are not just small adults! Hence, it’s essential that the electronic health record (EHR) deployed in a pediatric hospital can handle the complexities of providing specialty care to our children in a safe environment. It requires specific functionalities, workflows, reference ranges and observations to support the work of pediatric care providers.
https://www.cerner.com/ae/en/blog/transforming-health-care-in-a-hospital-where-you-can-be-a-child
Back in my Q2 2019 blog, I shared the Cerner Clinically Driven Revenue Cycle™ vision and roadmap to improve clinical care, compliance and reimbursement using information technology. Our team presented our vision during the Cerner Collaboration Forum, which happened in April 2019, in Dubai, UAE.
https://www.cerner.com/ae/en/blog/cerner-revenue-cycle-management-2019-gcc-localisation
Treatment can represent the most important phase of a patient’s journey, so making the documentation side of it safer and easier can only prove to be beneficial. That’s what Hamad Medical Corporation HMC) has been discovering since automating the perioperative documentation practices at one of its hospitals.
https://www.cerner.com/ae/en/blog/automating-perioperative-reporting-at-hmc
Cerner to unveil an immersive Motion Health experience and share at its booth interactive talks about the current and future health care landscape
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.
https://www.cerner.com/ae/en/blog/new-automation-of-communicable-disease-notifications-in-qatar
In an interview with the Arab Hospital magazine, Zia Sayed from King’s College Hospital Dubai (KCH), and Romel Khalife from Cerner, talk about providing a patient-centric experience in KCH, a world class healthcare facility.
https://www.cerner.com/ae/en/blog/world-class-healthcare-facility-with-a-patient-centric-experience
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC) provides the highest level of specialized healthcare in an integrated educational and research setting, and Cerner Middle East and Africa is a global leader in healthcare information. “Hospitals” magazine met with Dr Osama Alswailem, Chief Information Officer, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC) and Mr. Alaa Adel, General Manager for Saudi Arabia and Egypt, Cerner Middle East and Africa to talk about the technologies and solutions they have installed, their adoption of smart room technologies among others.
https://www.cerner.com/ae/en/blog/improving-the-patient-experience-and-wellbeing-of-the-care-team
Cerner Middle East and Africa is a global leader in healthcare information, and Dar Al Shifa (DASH), which was established as the first hospital in the State of Kuwait, is a leading healthcare organization in the region. “Hospitals” magazine met with Mr Ahmad Nasrallah, CEO, Dar Al Shifa Hospital, Ms Eman Abdul-Sater, HIM Manager, Dar Al Shifa Hospital, Mr Akram Sami, General Manager, Cerner Middle East & Africa, and Mr John Dunn, Client Accountable Executive, Cerner Middle East and Africa, to discuss the future of Kuwait’s healthcare industry in the medium and long term and talk about the initiatives that have been put in place with Cerner.
https://www.cerner.com/ae/en/blog/shaping-the-future-of-kuwaits-healthcare-industry
Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that causes the body to produce an abnormal form of haemoglobin, the protein molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen. The disorder results in excessive destruction of red blood cells, which leads to anaemia, a condition in which the body doesn’t have enough normal, healthy red blood cells.
https://www.cerner.com/ae/en/blog/combatting-thalassemia-in-the-uae
As we look towards a world without medical error, we often consider activities which can improve patient safety but there is one area, often overlooked, that has time and again been proven to nearly double the risk of patient safety incidents (OR, 1.96 95% CI, 1.59-2.4) and reduce quality of care (OR, 2.31; 95% CI 1.87-2.85)[1]; an epidemic that currently appears to have no amelioration that of Clinician Burnout.
https://www.cerner.com/ae/en/blog/why-optimization-potentially-saves-clinicians-and-patients-lives
The Arab Hospital magazine talks to Karim Abd Elhay from Cerner about the business expansions it has been witnessing in Saudi Arabia in recent years.
SolutionsOver 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.
https://www.cerner.com/ae/en/blog/three-days-of-cernermeacf19
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.
https://www.cerner.com/ae/en/blog/collaboration-forum-2019-exciting-sessions-in-store-for-you
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.
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.
During the month of Ramadan, people around the Middle East spend their time in reflection, spiritual renewal and giving. As always, Cerner associates in the region combined their efforts to reflect on the spirit of this holy month and contribute generously back to our community. We believe that doing so helps alleviate suffering for those in need and has a great impact on the person giving back by improving personal well-being, and increasing their feeling of happiness and fulfillment. In this blog, I would like to highlight associates’ generous contributions and events that took place at Cerner during the holy month of Ramadan.
https://www.cerner.com/ae/en/blog/the-spirit-of-ramadan-2019-at-cerner
The vision of Clinically Driven Revenue Cycle (CDRC) is to improve clinical care, compliance and reimbursement using information technology. As you can see from this diagram, all Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) solutions are based on the trifecta of People/Process/Technology.
https://www.cerner.com/ae/en/blog/cerner-revenue-cycle-management-2019-a-year-to-remember
“What’s in it for me?” When we ask a client to host a reference visit or call, we may hear them wonder why they should put effort into coordinating a visit and cut considerable time from their busy schedule to host visitors. Before I list my reasons of why it is important to be a referenceable site, I thought of asking couple of my clients/partners who host many visits every year, why they do it.
https://www.cerner.com/ae/en/blog/creating-a-culture-of-referenceability
Earlier this year, KLAS Research recognized Cerner as the leading EHR provider in the Middle East. The recognition was published as part of KLAS’s first supplier performance report focused specifically on EHR use in the Middle East region.
https://www.cerner.com/ae/en/blog/best-in-klas-recognition-for-cerner-in-the-middle-east
In an interview with the editor of Business Chief Middle East and Gigabit, Bashar Balish, CIO of Cerner’s strategic partnership with the UAE Ministry of Health, discusses the digital transformation of the health care industry.
https://www.cerner.com/ae/en/blog/cerners-digital-transformation-of-population-health
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.
More than 25 interactive sessions by Cerner clients, industry leaders and Cerner associates took place on January 28 – 31 in Dubai, UAE at Arab Health, one of the largest annual tradeshows in the Middle East.
As we celebrate Nurses Week, it has been an opportunity for many of us to remember the first day we were required to document the care of our patients on an electronic health record (EHR).
https://www.cerner.com/ae/en/blog/nurses-the-gatekeepers-to-patient-centric-care
Dr. Colin Fincham, Senior Director & Chief Medical Officer - Cerner EMEA, LATAM, and Canada, talks to Hospitals magazine about Cerner’s approach to population health management and the innovative approach of working with health care providers to keep communities proactive and engaged in their own health.
https://www.cerner.com/ae/en/blog/enhancing-integration-between-health-care-and-technology
In a world where health care systems and organizations are often faced with similar challenges, sharing and collaboration become key to accelerating progress. By promoting a collaborative approach, we ensure our expert associates, clients and industry partners spend less time developing multiple, redundant solutions for common issues, and more time scaling innovation and sharing knowledge that has the potential to transform and shape the health care of tomorrow.
https://www.cerner.com/ae/en/blog/explore-whats-next-at-chc19