Healthcare Solutions Vice President Hosts Workshop on Design Features that Improve Efficiency of Hospital Facilities
Jeddah-Saudi Arabia: 22 November, 2011 - The need to optimize energy management in the next generation of healthcare amenities was highlighted by Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, during its participation at the Healthcare Facilities Design and Development 2011, an initiative aimed at highlighting key solutions to resolve the latest challenges in Saudi Arabia's health infrastructure industry.
Organized by IQPC, the event held at the Park Hyatt in Jeddah from 19-21 November featured technical presentations from key experts demonstrating best practices in the area of health facility design and development. Schneider Electric supported the event as a Platinum sponsor.
Michael Sullivan, Vice President-Healthcare Solutions, Schneider Electric, delivered a workshop on 'Implementing state-of-the-art health facility designs to maximize ROI'. The session examined design features that improve efficiency. It also underscored the rise in demand for health services driven by a growing population in Saudi Arabia. The workshop additionally recorded the development of the healthcare sector with the coming up of several new infrastructure projects including small-sized medical clinics as well as large-scale teaching and research hospitals.
Mohammad Al-Hajjaj, Healthcare Solutions and Segment Manager at Schneider Electric Saudi Arabia, said: "The design of these new facilities is of utmost importance. A major challenge for the health sector today is combining continuity and quality of healthcare whilst optimizing building investment and operating costs. Ensuring smooth functioning and deriving increased ROI from these new projects is essential. However, this has to be accompanied with patient satisfaction, safety and security through the provision of international standard services.
"The workshop helped us explore design perquisites to develop a health facility that increases revenue, improves staff productivity, maintains a longer operational lifecycle and provides world-class services to patients."
Michael Sullivan additionally delivered a presentation on 'Build a Better Hospital', focusing on the areas of patient safety, financial performance and patient satisfaction.
The Healthcare Facilities Design and Development event provides a forum for industry specialists including government representatives as well as hospital and medical directors to learn from regional and international case studies in health infrastructure. The event also offers a platform to evaluate the latest software in health facility design and facilitates participants to network with key figures and government officials in Saudi Arabia's healthcare sector.
Schneider Electric's intelligent hospital infrastructure that improves an existing hospital or enables the construction of a new efficient facility are based on the EcoStruxure approach that complies with the latest LEED requirements for developing green buildings.
Schneider Electric's integrated hospital solutions can improve margins by up to 25 per cent through improving energy efficiency. Mitigating risks of electrical incidents, advanced power management, reducing hospital-acquired infections with environmental controls, and securing the pulse of a hospital with integrated security solutions are some of the benefits of the application.
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