GE Healthcare, in association with the Arab Medical and Scientific Alliance (AMSA), has installed Jordan’s first-ever fully integrated and digital radiology workflow system at the Al Khalidi Medical Centre (KMC) to meet the massive increase in radiology patient data and images. GE Healthcare’s Centricity Radiology Information and Picture Archiving & Communications System (RIS/PACS), installed at KMC, meets the demands of a modern healthcare enterprise. It assures fully integrated and digital workflow, high quality patient data, reliable functionality and user friendliness. Fully integrated into the Hospital Information System (HIS) via IHE profiles, GE’s Centricity solution converts radiology from a conventional film based department into a digital filmless environment. Equipped with modern technology and managed by a team of internationally qualified and experienced healthcare professionals, Al Khalidi Medical Centre has reaffirmed its commitment to delivering advanced healthcare by installing the first of its kind RIS/PACS inside the country. Dr. Alif Al Saleh, Head of the Radiology department at KMC, said: “By installing this sophisticated information technology solution by GE Healthcare, KMC takes a quantum leap in the performance of our Radiology and Cath Lab departments, which in turn, supports the healthcare needs of the local population further.” “Over 40 hospitals in the Middle East region have chosen our Centricity solutions because our tools deliver clinical depth,” said Juergen Reyinger, General Manager, IITS Europe, Middle East & Africa at GE Healthcare. “Technologically advanced hospital environments such as Al Khalidi Medical Centre in Jordan, reveal the challenges an advanced RIS/PACS needs to and can fulfil.”
Implementing GE’s Centricity RIS/PACS system will have a significant positive impact on KMC, where over 700 medical staff members provide round-the-clock personalized care to patients and roughly 30,000 out-patients are treated annually. With over 15 clinical departments and over 200 affiliated specialists, the new RIS/PACS system will efficiently link all connected and images producing modalities such as orthopedics and cardiology. Centricity offers ultra-fast image storage and display of large datasets coming from multi-slice CTs. To take advantage of the new developments in modalities like 64 slice CT, GE provides more than basic 3D inside a PACS including advanced colonography, vessel analysis, CAD and more. Enormous amounts of data can be viewed within seconds, enlarged or reconstructed three dimensional, if needed. “To us, having Centricity means easy to use and advanced tools that support our day to day decisions. The outcome is greater efficiency including better diagnosis and faster, personalized treatment for the patient,” said Dr. Alif Al Saleh.
With Centricity RIS/PACS, all clinicians at KMC will have immediate access from any PC at any site. Labour intensive tasks, such as the transporting of x-ray films, image and report filing will be eliminated. The speech recognition tremendously eases the work of doctors and administrators alike and significantly reduces reply times while setting up reports and diagnoses.
ABOUT AL KHALIDI MEDICAL CENTRE
Established in 1978 as a maternity hospital in Amman, the capital city of Jordan, Al Khalidi Medical Center (KMC) today is a heart and comprehensive specialty hospital. With over 15 clinical departments and over 200 affiliated specialists, KMC has a wide range of highly specialized services available to meet the growing needs of our patients. We also have around 700 staff providing round-the-clock personalized care to our patients every hour of the day, every day of the year.
KMC houses 160 beds including 18 ICCU beds, 7 operating theaters and a 24-hours emergency room with 8 beds and 3 ambulances. We derive our strength from our nationally-recognized physicians and surgeons, our state-of-the-art facilities equipped with the most advanced diagnostic and therapeutic equipments, as well as our highly-trained staff and nurses which enable us to offer a number of highly specialized medical and surgical procedures.
At KMC, we regard the health of our patients paramount and we put our 25 years of experience for their best interest. We understand the importance of personalized care and support to ensure that their road to recovery is as smooth as possible. We also value patient awareness and education in maintaining a healthy and productive life.
Implementing GE’s Centricity RIS/PACS system will have a significant positive impact on KMC, where over 700 medical staff members provide round-the-clock personalized care to patients and roughly 30,000 out-patients are treated annually. With over 15 clinical departments and over 200 affiliated specialists, the new RIS/PACS system will efficiently link all connected and images producing modalities such as orthopedics and cardiology. Centricity offers ultra-fast image storage and display of large datasets coming from multi-slice CTs. To take advantage of the new developments in modalities like 64 slice CT, GE provides more than basic 3D inside a PACS including advanced colonography, vessel analysis, CAD and more. Enormous amounts of data can be viewed within seconds, enlarged or reconstructed three dimensional, if needed. “To us, having Centricity means easy to use and advanced tools that support our day to day decisions. The outcome is greater efficiency including better diagnosis and faster, personalized treatment for the patient,” said Dr. Alif Al Saleh.
With Centricity RIS/PACS, all clinicians at KMC will have immediate access from any PC at any site. Labour intensive tasks, such as the transporting of x-ray films, image and report filing will be eliminated. The speech recognition tremendously eases the work of doctors and administrators alike and significantly reduces reply times while setting up reports and diagnoses.
ABOUT AL KHALIDI MEDICAL CENTRE
Established in 1978 as a maternity hospital in Amman, the capital city of Jordan, Al Khalidi Medical Center (KMC) today is a heart and comprehensive specialty hospital. With over 15 clinical departments and over 200 affiliated specialists, KMC has a wide range of highly specialized services available to meet the growing needs of our patients. We also have around 700 staff providing round-the-clock personalized care to our patients every hour of the day, every day of the year.
KMC houses 160 beds including 18 ICCU beds, 7 operating theaters and a 24-hours emergency room with 8 beds and 3 ambulances. We derive our strength from our nationally-recognized physicians and surgeons, our state-of-the-art facilities equipped with the most advanced diagnostic and therapeutic equipments, as well as our highly-trained staff and nurses which enable us to offer a number of highly specialized medical and surgical procedures.
At KMC, we regard the health of our patients paramount and we put our 25 years of experience for their best interest. We understand the importance of personalized care and support to ensure that their road to recovery is as smooth as possible. We also value patient awareness and education in maintaining a healthy and productive life.
