GE Healthcare and Thailand’s Srisawan Hospital to Collaborate on Digital Solutions for Improved Efficiency and Patient Outcomes
- Srisawan Hospital aims to leverage GE Healthcare’s digital solutions to improve staff productivity, care quality and the management of ICU related healthcare costs
- Collaboration is the first of its kind for the hospital and aligned with its ambitions to operate the first fully digitalized hospital in Bangkok
Bangkok, Thailand – September 10, 2022: GE Healthcare and Srisawan Hospital in Thailand have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on digital solutions that will help improve patient outcomes and increase staff productivity and quality of care while reducing intensive care unit (ICU)-related healthcare costs. The MOU was signed today at Hospital Management Asia 2022, a key trade conference and exhibition for the hospital management industry in Southeast Asia.
Under the MOU, GE Healthcare will seek to support Srisawan Hospital with two advanced digital solutions – a secure asset maintenance and management software tool which simplifies the monitoring of patient and examination-related volume trends to optimize productivity, process management and patient flow; and an integrated user-friendly solution that supports in the management of workforce resources and quality of care as well as reduction of error risks and healthcare related costs in the ICU.
“GE Healthcare’s transformative digital health solutions enable hospitals to optimize their operations and clinical workflows while improving outcomes for both healthcare professionals and patients. We look forward to working closely with Srisawan Hospital and supporting them in enabling the digitization of diagnostics and patient monitoring, advancing precision health and meeting the needs of clinicians and patients,” said Chris Khang, President & CEO, ASEAN, Korea and ANZ, GE Healthcare.
The MOU is the first of its kind for Srisawan Hospital, an established name in tertiary care in central Thailand. The hospital, which currently operates a 200-bed facility in Nakhon Sawan offering specialist treatments in areas such as cardiology and oncology, aims to fully digitalize the operations of its first hospital in Bangkok, Srisawan Bangkok Ratchaphruek. Scheduled to open in November 2022, the new facility will offer an extended range of specialties, including cardiac catheterization, oncology, and a dedicated stroke unit with mechanical thrombectomy. In addition to upgrading its Hospital Information System (HIS) for the new facility, the hospital also plans to implement a complete Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system, which will enable it to digitalize the majority of its operations.
“Digitalization is a big part of our growth ambitions and this collaboration with GE Healthcare will support our digital transformation journey by improving operational decision making, increasing efficiency, optimizing infrastructure and reducing waste. This in turn, can help us generate better outcomes for both clinicians and patients, and deliver more cost-effective healthcare,” said Dr. Siwat Sakdejayont, Chief Medical Officer and Dr. Veerisa Vimonchalao, Director, Srisawan Bangkok Ratchaphruek.
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(From L to R) Teerawan Srisuk, Country Manager for Thailand at GE Healthcare, Chris Khang, President & CEO of GE Healthcare in ASEAN, Korea & ANZ, Dr. Siwat Sakdejayont, Chief Medical Officer, Srisawan Bangkok Ratchaphruek Hospital and Dr. Veerisa Vimonchalao, Director, Srisawan Bangkok Ratchaphruek Hospital signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU will focus on collaborations between the two organizations on digital healthcare solutions.
(From L to R) Teerawan Srisuk, Country Manager for Thailand at GE Healthcare, Chris Khang, President & CEO of GE Healthcare in ASEAN, Korea & ANZ, Dr. Siwat Sakdejayont, Chief Medical Officer, Srisawan Bangkok Ratchaphruek Hospital and Dr. Veerisa Vimonchalao, Director, Srisawan Bangkok Ratchaphruek Hospital, at the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which focuses on collaborations on digital healthcare solutions between the two organizations.
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