Leading hospital demonstrates that advanced healthcare technology has significant impact on quality of care
Dubai, UAE - Tawam Hospital, the region's leading medical institution in affiliation with Johns Hopkins Medicine International, and Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) announced today that the hospital has become a regional reference site for the company,. The agreement was signed at Arab Health 2008. The largest hospital in Al Ain has implemented one of the most advanced Patient Data Management Systems in the world. Using Philips' Intellivue Clinical Information Portfolio CC Clinical Information System, patient data is collected from life support equipment and centrally stored online, providing clinical staff with instant access to the information from anywhere in the hospital.
Michael E. Heindel, CEO of Tawam Hospital, said: "At Tawam Hospital, we pride ourselves on providing our services with only the very best and most advanced technology systems. We are delighted and proud to be partnering with Philips and to become a regional reference site to this esteemed company. This paperless system will facilitate and ease the administrative process within the hospital and is in line with our aim to provide the best healthcare facilities to the citizens of the UAE."
"With the Philips solution we're able to view critical patient information from wherever we are in the hospital, whenever we need it," said Said Abuhasna, Chairman of the Department of Critical Care Medicine at Tawam Hospital. "It has had a significant positive impact on the way we evaluate and treat patients, and we are proud that our hospital will become a showcase for delivering the best quality of patient care," he added.
This sophisticated solution operates across the hospital's highly dependent pediatric, ICU and neonatal ICU wards. It also includes Philips Clinical Decision Support, an intelligent software application that recognizes the symptoms of Sepsis and provides a new line of defense against the condition. The successful installation is a result of close collaboration between Tawam Hospital, Philips Healthcare and its distributor in the region, Emitac.
The Philips Intellivue Clinical Information System supports the reporting and monitoring requirements set out by the Joint Commission International Hospital Accreditation, the largest accreditor of healthcare organizations in the United States. The scheme, which already accredits Tawam Hospital, ensures the automatic compiling of reports and subsequent continuous improvement processes take place.
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About Royal Philips Electronics
Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is a global leader in healthcare, lighting and consumer lifestyle, delivering people-centric, innovative products, services and solutions through the brand promise of "sense and simplicity". Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips employs approximately 123,800 employees in more than 60 countries worldwide. With sales of EUR 27 billion in 2007, the company is a market leader in medical diagnostic imaging and patient monitoring systems, energy efficient lighting solutions, as well as lifestyle solutions for personal wellbeing. News from Philips is located at www.philips.com/newscenter.
About Tawam Hospital
Tawam Hospital is a premier, 477-bed tertiary care facility located in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, and the largest of the United Arab Emirates. Tawam serves as a regional referral centre for specialized medical care and a national referral centre for oncology services. Though it offers services in all specialties, the hospital is best known for its neonatal care, emergency medicine, intensive care, oncology services and state-of-the-art cardiac care.
In 2006 Tawam Hospital entered a ten year affiliation with Johns Hopkins Medicine International demonstrating the hospital's commitment to providing the best services in the GCC region whilst minimizing patient referrals overseas. Tawam Hospital will be launching new services in 2008 and will begin an entire revamping project resulting in state of the art facilities providing the hospitals' patients with the most recent technological facilities in the region meeting international standards.
About Johns Hopkins Medicine
When The Johns Hopkins Hospital and The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine were established in Baltimore, USA, over a century ago, the founding physicians had a goal: to lead the world in treating diseases. Today, the name Johns Hopkins is synonymous with just that. Johns Hopkins Medicine continues to provide international leadership in the education of physicians and medical scientists, in biomedical research, and in the application of medical knowledge to sustain health.
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Galia Rizk
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Philips Electronics Middle East & Africa
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