Dr. Eng Abdulhameed Alkhateeb

Profile:
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Electrical & Computer Engineering Department
College of Engineering
King Abdulaziz University

Profile: Dr. Eng. Abdalhameed Alkhateeb is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah KSA. He has been in the healthcare technology field for over a decade. Some of the leadership positions he has recently held include the CIO of the King Abdulaziz University Hospital and the CTO of the International Medical Center (IMC). Dr. Alkhateeb has lead the deployment of HIS and PACS systems in existing and new hospitals as well as their integration to biomedical system. He is the leader of the Makkah REgion E-Health project (MREEH) under the Makkah Region Health Development Council. Dr. Alkhateeb has presented papers in two consecutive "IT in HealthCare" Forums accompanying the ARABHEALTH in Dubai and Sharjah. 

Title: Makkah REgion E-Health Project

Abstract:The kingdom of Saudi Arabia has determined to develop its e-government and to be regional leader in this regards. The Makkah Region has consistently been a pioneer in Saudi Arabia in many fields but specially in the health care area. A clear example is the MRQP which was of such success that it was adopted by the MOH to be the national health care quality mandatory standard and renamed CBAHI. The Makkah Region is developing an electronic health program called MREEH which aims to have a unified medical record number for each patient and to link all the region's hospitals, both private & public, including polyclinics, and individual private clinics. Standardizing the HIS tables of all healthcare providers to enable medical record sharing in addition to enabling the MOH leaders to make informed and up-to-date strategic decisions, planning etc. by having access to real-time statiscs and data mining is the ultimate goal.