Sidra Medicine outpatient clinic achieves Stage-7 HIMSS Certification

Doha: Sidra Medicine has achieved the highest level of certification (Stage-7) by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) in its adoption of the Outpatient Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (O-EMRAM). The certification highlights Sidra Medicine’s dedication to transforming its digital assets, ensuring safe and top quality care for its patients.

The HIMSS O-EMRAM model methodology and algorithms score outpatient clinics around the world based on their electronic medical record (EMR) capabilities, and the adoption and utilization of its EMR functions.   Dr Khalid Alyafei, Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Sidra Medicine said: “Our achievement of the Stage-7 O-EMRAM model puts the spotlight on the optimization of care for our patients, so that their health information is available as and when needed by both the patient and the clinical teams. Using a robust electronic system, does away with the use of paper charts which in turn minimizes human error and provides better quality of care especially related to the electronic prescription of medications and the documentation of patient records. It also means that we are working closely with other healthcare providers for patient information to be shared securely and seamlessly within Qatar’s public healthcare network.”