Amiri Hospital achieves Level 6 in international digital health maturity accreditation
Amiri Hospital achieved Level 6 in HIMSS electronic medical records accreditation, reflecting eight years of digital transformation supported by the Ministry of Health and technology partners.
Translated by Qiyas from السياسة — Original source
- 8 years of digital transformation, more than one million electronic transactions, and 450,000 patient records
The Amiri Hospital has achieved Level 6 of the "HIMSS EMRAM" electronic medical records accreditation model, administered by the American College of Healthcare Information Systems. This accomplishment reflects an institutional digital transformation journey spanning eight years, since the project launched in 2018.
The transformation journey went through several stages, including the development of infrastructure and data centers, linking the health information system with specialized systems, and expanding digital services and telemedicine during the "COVID-19" pandemic.
In 2020, the hospital achieved Level 5, and the assessment at that time showed that approximately 77% of the requirements for Level 6 had been met. Development then extended to the clinical environment, which included enhancing integration with critical care, pharmacy, laboratory, and medical imaging systems, developing clinical decision support tools, redesigning procedures, and strengthening governance, training, and clinical adoption of the systems.
On this occasion, Dr. Areej Al-Kandari, Director of the Amiri Hospital, stated that achieving Level 6 represents an advanced milestone in the institutional work journey, in which medical, nursing, technical, and administrative teams participated. She emphasized the continuation of efforts toward Level 7 and expanding the impact of acquired expertise to support digital health transformation projects in Kuwait.
For his part, Dr. Abdulrahman Abdullah Al-Faris, Head of the Hospital’s Digital Transformation Committee, clarified that the committee held 42 documented meetings since June 2022 to follow up on decisions and initiatives, and handled 1,189 development and improvement requests, of which 854 were completed. These efforts were part of a workflow cycle that included requirements analysis, clinical verification, testing, accreditation, implementation, and change impact measurement.
The hospital’s digital environment comprises 12 major clinical systems and 13 infrastructure and technology platforms. Its systems have surpassed one million digital transactions, and its database contains more than 450,000 patient records.
Additionally, more than a thousand quality and performance indicators were developed and monitored, alongside the "Amiri Digital Gateway," which provides a range of digital health services. The number of its users has exceeded 251,000 patients.
The project involved extensive human and technical participation, with more than 100 individuals from various specialties collaborating with over 15 solution and service providers. The digital environment serves approximately 4,000 staff users and more than 50,000 visitors who use the digital systems and services.
The "HIMSS EMRAM" model is an international standard for measuring digital maturity in healthcare institutions, progressing through seven levels. Level 6 represents an advanced milestone in the hospital’s path toward Level 7, enhancing its ambition to exchange expertise, support research and medical collaboration, and contribute to building digital capacities that serve Kuwait’s healthcare system.
This achievement is the result of joint efforts between the hospital administration, the Digital Transformation Committee, and medical, nursing, technical, and administrative teams, in partnership with Verts Informatics and technology solution and service providers, with support from the Ministry of Health.
