Amiri Hospital sets new benchmarks for digital healthcare services in Kuwait

Amiri Hospital sets new benchmarks for digital healthcare services in Kuwait

KUWAIT: Amiri Hospital, one of Kuwait’s most established medical facilities, has leveraged new network architecture from Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, to pioneer new innovations and standards in digital health, telemedicine and in-patient care in Kuwait. The implementation has resulted in 99.9 percent network availability, enabled introduction of remote healthcare, staff mobility, and other digital healthcare services, facilitated 60 percent reduction in hospital footfall while serving same patient volumes and increased appointment efficiency by 120 percent.

The IT Infrastructure supports the Health Informatics Platform, employing best of breed solutions and integrating with existing systems, delivered through the Kuwait based systems integrator – Ms Virtus Informatics Company WLL. “To enhance our operations, we were seeking a HIMSS EMRAM Level 5 certification and aimed to establish ourselves as a Smart Hospital that offers digital services and advanced technologies for patient care. We recognized that a secure, reliable, and high-performance network infrastructure would be essential to achieving this ambition,” said Dr Ali Al-Alanda, Director of the Hospital.

“The Aruba architecture, designed, successfully deployed and NOC managed by the company’s partner in Kuwait, has enabled an SLA of 99.9 percent at Amiri Hospital,” said Eng Mazyad Al-Ardi, IT Manager of the Capital Governorate. In line