Winner of 2 Arab Health Awards, Tawam Hospital, hosts elaborate award recognition ceremony for its staff
Al Ain, February 17th 2009: Tawam Hospital in affiliation with Johns Hopkins Medicine, showed its appreciation and thanks to its staff on Monday 16th February at AL Ain Rotana by hosting an elaborate award recognition ceremony.
The award ceremony celebrated the two awards that Tawam won at Arab Health 2009; Specialist Achievement Award - Surgery, Specialist Achievement Award - Information Technology.
Commenting on Tawam's success at the 2009 Arab Health award, CEO of Tawam Hospital, Mr. Michael Heindel said:
"Outstanding achievements must be recognized. Rewarding employees at Tawam and showing appreciation is an essential part of our employee satisfaction strategy. Our employees are the backbone of our hospital and the reason for our ongoing success. As the region's most high profile awards event for the healthcare industry, being nominated for the most awards was a real honor. To win 2 awards was an incredible achievement. It is testament to the dedication, skill and expertise of our Doctors, Surgeons and Management at Tawam and our commitment to excellence within the healthcare industry."
Tawam Hospital won 2 awards out of the six that they were nominated for, Specialist Achievement Award - Surgery Specialist Achievement Award - Information Technology.
The submission title for the Surgery Award was; Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Center with contributions by Consultant Dr. Amgad Elsherif and Senior Consultant Dr.Sayed Elsiah. This minimally invasive thoracic surgery has been demonstrated as safe and highly effective at Tawam with higher patient satisfaction, better cosmetic outcome and no need to hospitalize the patient.
The submission title for the Specialist Achievement Award - Information Technology was Tele-Medicine with contributions by Mr. Brian de. Francesca, Chief Operating Officer, Karen Reid, HIS-Radiology and Ahmed Al Jenaibi, Acting IT Manager.
The telemedicine initiative is the complete implementation and integration of the Hospital Information Systems, Picture Archiving and Communication System, Tele radiology services and related tele-services. Allowing access to healthcare personnel and information, independent of physical location, the Telemedicine initiative has had tremendous positive impact on patient care by improving the quality of care, improving safety, reducing errors; and allowing Tawam to provide better service faster. To date, Tawam are now getting more accurate radiology reports into the hands of attending physicians 88% more quickly than before.
The other categories that Tawam Hospital were nominated in were; Specialist Achievement Award - Imaging and Diagnostics, , Specialist Achievement Award - Quality Healthcare Improvement Initiative and Specialist Achievement Award - Emergency Medical Services, Infection Control Initiative Award.
Tawam Hospital, which is managed by John Hopkins Medicine is owned and operated by SEHA, the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company [which is responsible for the curative activities of all the public hospitals and clinics in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.]
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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.
About SEHA
SEHA is health in Arabic. The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company - whose corporate identity is SEHA - is an independent, public joint stock company created to manage and develop the curative activities of the public hospitals and clinics of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. SEHA is committed to providing quality, cost effective healthcare on par with international standards measured through accessibility, affordability, choice and satisfaction. SEHA manages eight hospital systems totaling 14 facilities, 2,472 licensed beds, more than 55 Primary Health Clinics and 14,350 employees.
For more information, please contact:
Sumaya Al Harrasi
Business Development Senior Officer
Tawam Hospital
Tel: +971-3-7072160
Fax: +971-3-7075192
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E-mail: sharrasi@tawam-hosp.gov.ae
Michelle Johns
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