Saudi Arabia will introduce a Korean-made hospital IT system dubbed Hospital Information Service (HIS).
A local consortium comprising Seoul National University Bundang Hospital and SK Telecom recently signed a contract in which the two, over the next two years, will build a KRW 60 billion six-hospital 3,000-bed IT system for the Ministry of National Guard in Saudi Arabia.
The consortium and the ministry also signed a joint venture contract to export the HIS to other countries in the Middle Eastern region.
The Hospital Information Service is an automated system that controls the overall management of the hospital. The information it deals with ranges from medical records, prescriptions of patients and medical imaging devices such as CTs and MRIs. The system also includes the management of outpatients and hospital staff such as admissions and discharges from the hospital, the management of treatment charges, personnel management and payment management of hospital staff, feeding facilities, and the management of hospital equipment and medical devices. The establishment of such a system requires vast expertise and technology in terms of office automation (OA) and management information systems (MIS).
The hospital IT system Saudi Arabia will introduce is “Bestcare 2.0” jointly developed by the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital and ezCare Tech in 2013. This system received international recognition in 2013 by being selected as one of the world's best hospital IT systems by Elsevier, a U.S.-based academic publishing company which publishes medical and scientific literature. It was also selected as an exemplary case of medical information by the Gartner Report in 2014. The same year, it was acknowledged as a “Big Data Superhero” by SAP, one of the world’s top enterprise software companies.
In the past, Saudi Arabia entrusted its hospital IT systems to medical organizations from the U.S., Europe or other foreign countries. The country, however, has been recently expanding cooperation with Korea in medical expertise, education, training and technology.
Last September, Korea and Saudi Arabia signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) involving the health ministers of both countries. According to the agreement, the two sides agreed to build a hospital IT system in Saudi Arabia, share medical expertise and provide medical training for doctors from Saudi Arabia.
By Yoon Sojung
Korea.net Staff Writer
arete@korea.kr
A local consortium comprising Seoul National University Bundang Hospital and SK Telecom recently signed a contract in which the two, over the next two years, will build a KRW 60 billion six-hospital 3,000-bed IT system for the Ministry of National Guard in Saudi Arabia.
The consortium and the ministry also signed a joint venture contract to export the HIS to other countries in the Middle Eastern region.
(From left) Seoul National University Bundang Hospital President Lee Chul-hee, Bandar Al Knawy, Chief Executive Officer of Ministry of National Guard in Saudi Arabia, and other officials sign a contract on the development of the hospital IT system for six hospitals in Saudi Arabia on June 29. The signing took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital President Lee Chul-hee (left) and SK Telecom staff look around the hospital while being escorted by Saudi Arabian officials after signing a contract on the development of the hospital information system in Saudi Arabia on June 29.
The Hospital Information Service is an automated system that controls the overall management of the hospital. The information it deals with ranges from medical records, prescriptions of patients and medical imaging devices such as CTs and MRIs. The system also includes the management of outpatients and hospital staff such as admissions and discharges from the hospital, the management of treatment charges, personnel management and payment management of hospital staff, feeding facilities, and the management of hospital equipment and medical devices. The establishment of such a system requires vast expertise and technology in terms of office automation (OA) and management information systems (MIS).
Patients and doctors discuss medical records while looking at the HIS.
The hospital IT system Saudi Arabia will introduce is “Bestcare 2.0” jointly developed by the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital and ezCare Tech in 2013. This system received international recognition in 2013 by being selected as one of the world's best hospital IT systems by Elsevier, a U.S.-based academic publishing company which publishes medical and scientific literature. It was also selected as an exemplary case of medical information by the Gartner Report in 2014. The same year, it was acknowledged as a “Big Data Superhero” by SAP, one of the world’s top enterprise software companies.
In the past, Saudi Arabia entrusted its hospital IT systems to medical organizations from the U.S., Europe or other foreign countries. The country, however, has been recently expanding cooperation with Korea in medical expertise, education, training and technology.
Last September, Korea and Saudi Arabia signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) involving the health ministers of both countries. According to the agreement, the two sides agreed to build a hospital IT system in Saudi Arabia, share medical expertise and provide medical training for doctors from Saudi Arabia.
By Yoon Sojung
Korea.net Staff Writer
arete@korea.kr
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