The “smart
hospital” has been designed from the ground up to improve productivity and
patient safety. The concept of the smart hospital is to build intelligence into
the hospital system by integrating hospital information with continual redesign
of clinical and business processes for patient services and satisfaction. In
the hospital, many patient-related medical accidents are linked to
misidentification of patients or medical equipment associated with patients.
The benefit key of the smart hospital is online identification of all patients,
doctors, nurses, staff, medical equipments, medications, blood bags, surgical
tools, blankets, sheets, hospital rooms, departments, cabinets, and drawers.
This initiative will demonstrate how identification technologies can contribute
to building a smart hospital by optimizing business processes, reducing errors,
and improving patient safety.
This
strategic program will include all projects that use smart technologies such as
RFID/barcode, ultrasound communication, smart phones, smart cards, sensors and
readers, in order to implement the concept of a smart hospital.
The
Strategic Project Steering Committee for Smart Hospital will oversee the
enterprise-wide implementation of these technologies to ensure compatibility
and full integration. It will be the responsibility of each project manager of
each sub-project to carry out the project deliverables. Each sub-project
steering committee must include at least one member of Strategic Project
Steering Committee in order to conform with integration measures and standards.
The
following are major achievements in 2011:
•
Awareness sessions about various smart
technologies and their uses for hospital employees
• Collection and analysis of departmental needs
and requirements for building a smart hospital
•
Major vendor presentations and reviews
•
Agreement with KACST in order to support
(financially) RFID implementation in KFSH&RC
•
Develop RFP for tracking all hospital medical
equipment
•
Develop a road map for building a smart hospital
using smart technologies
•
Prepare for a site visit by major U.S. hospitals
that implemented RFID for tracking equipment and patients
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