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Medicom bags $1.5 M Jordan contract
By siliconindia
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Friday, 13 December 2002, 20:30 IST
BANGALORE: Medicom, the flagship product of the Indian based Medicom Solutions (P) Limited has been selected to automate the King Abdullah University Hospital (KAUH) by the Jordan University of Science and Technology. The $1.5 million contract at KAUH involves delivery and installation of several Medicom Modules and interface to Industry Standard third party applications and products like Oracle Financials Suite, PACS, TeleMedicine systems and a wide range of laboratory analyzers.
KAUH is built to provide state-of-the-art teaching and training facility for the university medical students as well as providing healthcare services to the residents of the surrounding governorates through a full range of Outpatient, Inpatient, Emergency Services and Advanced Specialties including obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, heart surgery and kidney dialysis. KAUH is a 7-storey building spread over a total area of 100,000 square meters with an adjoining 3-story building for outpatient services.
Medicom Solutions, Vice Chairman and CEO, Amrit S Chopra, said, "Today, the major challenge facing healthcare enterprises is to be able to harness the different kinds of technological tools available with the aim to enhance quality of care and reduce cost of care". "Hospital Information Systems that are comprehensive, integrated and modular in design with an ability to aid the hospital move towards a paperless and film-less implementation are the need of the hour" he added.
Medicom, COO, S Govind, said, "With the HIS implementation at KAUH, MEDICOM will be consolidating its presence in the all-important teaching hospital segment. The selection of MEDICOM for KAUH has furthered its presence, as the No. 1 HIS player in the Middle East. It is our privilege to be associated with KAUH. We look forward to work on this prestigious project."