Exelon, a unit of Bahrain-based Saara Group, has launched Careworks, a leading hospital management system, in the region.

The solution promises to streamline medicare in Bahrain and other GCC states, a statement from the company said.

Exelon is working in partnership with Sofscript, an Indian company that is in the business of development and implementation of state-of-the-art ERP solutions for hospitals, in the implementation of the solution.

Careworks has been solutions for hospital management have been implemented in over 70 leading multi-specialty hospitals, with the bed strength varying from 50 to over 1,500 across India.
The hospital management system promises to make life easier for patients, doctors and the hospital management, the statement said.

The system’s features include seamless collaboration, strengthened control on billing and inventory, enhanced quality of clinical documentation, online access to medical records, lab results, insurance providers, connectivity to in-house CRM and financial accounting.

Careworks is a healthcare software with a built-in ROI calculator that monitors the financial impact of healthcare reforms on a hospital’s bottom line. It also cuts IT costs drastically and eliminates high maintenance costs, providing an “access anywhere system.”

Mohammed Mansoor, the founder and managing director of Exelon, said Smartphones could bridge the gap in health service delivery in all places and Careworks offers that capability.

He said the service will be the first-of-its kind in Bahrain. Exelon has been actively working for over a year on this project. It has involved highly qualified doctors, nurses and other healthcare experts to get their opinion on how to provide excellent healthcare services across Bahrain and other GCC countries, Mansoor said.

He said one of the prominent hospitals in Bahrain has already signed up for the service.

Mansoor said the new service can easily handle non-emergency cases and alleviate the challenge of unnecessary queues at hospitals, starting right from the registration stage to post discharge correspondence with the patient.

The system comes packed with a number of features that help doctors as well, said Sofscript CEO/director Ajay Sheth.  

He said: “The comprehensive solution automates the clinical, electronic medical records, administrative and inventory functions, thereby enabling increased operational effectiveness, reduction in costs and medical errors, while raising the quality of patient care. With the growth of multispecialty healthcare and focus on providing best of patient care, the system provides a powerful, best-in-class product to healthcare providers that will aid them in their efforts to exceed patient expectation in quality healthcare.”

Mansoor said Exelon is excited about the project and is confident that the system will find favour with many hospitals and clinics in the region.

He mentioned that already big hospitals in Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Qatar and Kuwait have shown keen interest in the system following successful demonstrations. – TradeArabia News Service