Q Life Magazine Q Magazine December 2017 | Page 17
Digital developments
These rapid developments go beyond physical infrastructure and
direct patient services. In May 2016, patient records at Hamad
General Hospital were moved to a new state-of-the-art electronic
system – the Clinical Information System (CIS) – completing the
roll out of the system to all HMC hospitals.
CIS is a ground-breaking project to digitise Qatar’s entire public
health system and provide each patient with a personal electronic
health record that can be accessed from all HMC hospitals and
primary health centres.
By implementing CIS, clinicians can spend more time with each
patient and less time on paperwork, raising the standards of an
already world-class healthcare system to even greater heights.
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