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SXC Health Solutions announced that its informedRx PBM unit has been awarded a contract with HealthSpring Inc. “HealthSpring” having an initial term of three years with provisions for two additional one-year extensions. HealthSpring, based in Nashville, Tennessee, offers Medicare Advantage plans across seven states to over 193,000 members and a national stand-alone Medicare prescription drug plan [...] Saleh al Haddabi, Director-General of Health Services (Dakhiliya Region), who is credited with setting up the Centralised Digital Reporting System of the Ministry of Health, was felicitated by senior officials recently. Abdul Rahman al Tauqi, Director-General of Information Technology, and Ahmed al Khonji, Director-General of Health Services Muscat Region, who is also the Chairman Data [...] A 24-hour surge of 50 people critically injured in accidents swamped emergency teams at Salmaniya Medical Complex. It meant bumping other patients off the operations schedule, an official admitted yesterday. However, no life threatening situations were ignored, said Health Ministry hospital affairs assistant under-secretary Dr Ameen Al Sa’ati. ‘There were more than 50 people who needed urgent critical [...] Saudi German Hospital Group, one of the largest private healthcare providers in the Middle East and African region, has successfully participated recently in the Arab Health 2010 as ‘Gold Sponsor’. SGH Group vision is to “To design, finance, construct and operate 30 world-class hospitals and create 50,000 jobs by the year 2015. Through its external technical German [...] Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC), managed by Cleveland Clinic, hosts Ms. Sarah Sinclair, Executive Chief Nursing Officer from the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, from 18-20 January 2010. SKMC 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 [...] Bringing in experts from United Kingdom, Virgin Health Bank (VHB) launched a comprehensive cord blood training initiative for Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) staff, recently. The innovative partnership which also involves establishing protocols, remodelling HMC patient care structure and educating the families about benefits of cord blood banking, could be one of the first of its [...] Abu Dhabi 31 December 2009: Imperial College London Diabetes Centre (ICLDC), the UAE’s largest specialist medical centre dedicated to the treatment of diabetes, has been awarded an accreditation with commendation by the Joint Commission International (JCI). ICLDC is an initiative of Mubadala Healthcare, in partnership with UK’s Imperial College London. According to Dr Maha Taysir Barakat, [...] The Ministry of Health is waiting to receive its 2010 budget allocation in order to conduct a comprehensive study of where the funds will go, but they will be used to build eight new hospitals and rehabilitate 19 others across the Kingdom, said Abdullah Al-Rabeah, Minister of Health. The minister was speaking during the inauguration of [...] In recognition of blood donation as the life blood of medical practice, Qatar Health 2009, the premier international medical congress and exhibition in the Middle East, has set up a blood donation vehicle for the duration of its congress. Parked right in front of the Doha Exhibition Centre’s main entrance, the blood drive is a symbolic [...] As communications becomes recognized as a critical element to improving patient care in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and globally, companies like Alcatel-Lucent are making this a reality by delivering dynamic communication solutions right into the path of patient care. Alcatel-Lucent has confirmed its participation as ‘Gold Partner’ in the first Kingdom Healthcare Expansion and Investment [...] |
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