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King Fahd Medical City expands connectivity with Orion Health
21 February 2008
King Fahd Medical City (KFMC),
located in Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has adopted the
Rhapsody integration engine from Orion Health to provide fast and reliable
communication between its disparate computer systems.
KFMC is a 1400-bed multi-hospital healthcare complex, and is one of
the
Kingdom's largest healthcare providers. It is recognised as a technical
innovator in the Middle East and the ability for its information systems
to
communicate seamlessly has been identified as a key priority for the
executive.
Rhapsody is providing connections between new and
existing
information systems at KFMC, including the CorrTex hospital information
system, Pyxis, GE PACS, Remedy, and Maximo, as well as CCTV, access
control, human resource systems and active directory. Rhapsody also generates and
sends
pager and SMS alerts for staff across the hospital, allowing them to be
alerted when critical new data is available.
“One of our objectives is for KFMC to become a paperless environment.
To
achieve this objective our clinical information systems must communicate
electronically with each other,” said Engineer Khalid Al-Salama, Chief
Information Officer at KFMC. “Rhapsody provides the communication tools we need in one engine, meaning that we can rapidly create new interfaces and use them many times across the Medical City.”
“As KFMC business expands, the span of its information systems
and e-health
practices will be extended,” explained Engineer Khalid. “Rhapsody will add
value to this expansion due to its ability to streamline data exchange
between
many platforms.” KFMC is setting up a new state-of-the art oncology centre and cardiac
centre that will operate medical technologies from world leaders like Siemens, GE
and
Philips. Rhapsody will play an important role in ensuring that KFMC
maintains a single e-community across its facilities.
“Hospitals across the Middle East, and particularly in the Kingdom of
Saudi
Arabia, are facing new challenges as they implement new information
systems
or modernise existing IT infrastructure. Integration of healthcare data
is
now a key business issue,” said Ed Percy, Chief Technology Officer, EMEA
for
Orion Health.
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