BizBahrain_December_2016

Highlights | Technology
Digital Records in
the Health Care Industry in
Bahrain
Utilization of electronic record keeping
systems is becoming increasingly
predominant within the healthcare
industry in Bahrain due to a wide range of
benefits, ultimately resulting in improved
quality of care and patient safety, not
to mention controlled costs and time
savings for healthcare providers.
Primary benefits of implementing
a comprehensive Electronic Medical
Records (EMR)/ Electronic Health
Records (EHR) system
EMR systems are designed to
keep track of a patient’s entire health
and medical history in an electronic,
computerized format. Although it may
appear to be a daunting task, storing the
vast volume of patient records in a digital
format makes information more readily
accessible and can help healthcare
workers and patients navigate through
healthcare systems more safely and
efficiently.
Ultimately, EMR systems can
improve quality of care and patient
safety, control costs, save substantial
time for healthcare providers and,
of course, provide extensive storage
capabilities in today’s data-driven
era. Advantages include increased
efficiency, with the ability to reduce
duplication of documents; elimination of
needless delays in searching for charts;
intelligence capabilities such as medical
and prescription drug interaction alerts
and treatment reminders; and quality
measures for tailoring and showcasing
data in customized formats.
Selecting the correct scanning
solution for your transition to EMR is
a critical first step that includes the
conversion of paper files into electronic
images that can be imported into your
EMR software platform for access. To
make this transition seamless, you
need to ensure your solution offers the
appropriate scanning volume and highquality
images. Otherwise, this step may
be a slow and arduous process. Many
organizations mistakenly believe they
can get by with “a nice little scanner”
they already have in the office, until they
find that they’ve burnt it out after only a
few weeks’ time. Shaving dollars off your
document conversion program will result
in wasted man-hours and frustration
on the part of employees, ultimately
diminishing the quality of care delivered
to patients. Efficiently converting back
files and day-forward documents is an
important step in your organization’s
transition to EMR, and critical to any
healthcare system’s push toward digital
transformation.
Canon Presents Middle
East Channel Awards
Canon Middle East, a leader in
imaging solutions reinforced its
commitment to both channel partners
by awarding them Middle East Channel
Awards for their business performances
and innovative selling practices.
This was part of an exclusive twoday
event that saw 170 key operational
decision makers from Canon’s tier-1 and
tier-2 channel partners from across the
Middle East region rediscover the power
of imaging.
In the Middle East region, Emax
UAE bagged the Canon Middle East
Performance Award for 2016 in the
DSLR and lens category, considered as
a prime business section for Canon.
Carrefour UAE bagged the Canon Middle
East Performance Award for 2016 in the
Compact Cameras & Selphy section.
Media Square from Lebanon won the
award for Pro-Imaging segment while
Extra in KSA won the award for inkjet
category of printers.
Canon also recognised their retailers
for innovative selling practices across
the Middle East region. Sharaf DG at
Times Square in UAE and Sharaf DG
in Bahrain won the Canon Middle East
Customer Experience & Display 2016
award. The Lulu chain of Supermarkets
won the Canon Middle East Innovative
Selling Concepts 2016 award across their
outlets in UAE, KSA, Oman and Qatar.
Held in Dubai, the ‘Imaging Inspired’
event showcased Canon’s latest and
most powerful technology across
cameras, printers and projectors through
a series of events. On day one of the
event, the channel partners took part in
a movie making workshop using Canon
lastest Cinema EOS and DSLR equipment
while on day 2, they attended a session
from Facebook on Digital Trends in the
region. The event concluded with a gala
show that included the User-Experience
launch of the 5D Mark IV given by Mark
Williams, professional Photographer
& Cinematographer, Launch of Canon
Academy, Pixma Creative Park for
Canon Inkjet Printers and Canon Photo
Community web portal. Canon also
showcased its XEED range of projectors
by holding an exclusive demo session
where audience interacted with the
projectors using their hand gestures.
“When it comes to technology,
performance and range, Canon is an
undoubted leader in the imaging and
business solutions category,” said
Hendrik Verbrugghe, Marketing Director,
Canon Middle East and Canon Central
and North Africa. “While this success is
dependent on a variety of factors, one
element that remains of paramount
importance is our ongoing commitment
service to both our end users, through
the development of channel partners
and dealers across the Middle East,
as well as our service to those retail
partners.”
74 December 2016