Wolters Kluwer, Health announced that Rana Medical Services in Saudi Arabia has partnered with Wolters Kluwer to deliver the best possible care for every patient.

CityMed Hospital, a private healthcare provider with 180 inpatient beds operated by Rana Medical Services has chosen world-leading decision support solutions UpToDate, Lexicomp and Medi-Span Clinical to equip clinicians with evidence-based tools designed to improve quality, patient safety and clinical outcomes.

Improving healthcare quality with clinical decision support

UpToDate clinical decision support will be used by doctors, nurses, and pharmacists to help make the most appropriate diagnosis and treatment decisions for every patient. Clinicians can access the resource via computers or mobile devices to ensure easy access to evidence-based guidance at the point of care, supporting the delivery of safe, high quality services.

Reducing drug errors

 Lexicomp provides pharmacists, doctors, and nurses at CityMed Hospital with access to 20 drug databases containing drug monographs, interactive tools, and calculators. With comprehensive information covering drug, food and herbal interactions, administration, off-label use and pregnancy and lactation considerations, as well as patient education materials, clinicians rely on Lexicomp for safe prescribing and to reduce medication errors.

The hospital has integrated Medi-Span Clinical automated drug screening into the electronic medical records to reduce medication errors and adverse drug events, as well as improve efficiency throughout the prescribing process.

“Our patients are our top priority” said Dr. Mohammad Kurdi, Chief Executive Officer at CityMed Hospital. “By partnering with Wolters Kluwer to implement clinical decision support technology in our new state-of-the-art medical facility we can bring in evidence-based resources and new practices we might not have had access to before, which will enable us to provide best in class care to each patient – every time.”

“We are proud to partner with Rana Medical Services to support clinicians across CityMed Hospital in their mission to deliver safe, high quality healthcare services through the adoption of evidence-based medicine”, said Alaa Darwish, Country Manager, Europe Growth and Emerging Markets, Middle East, Turkey and Africa, Clinical Effectiveness, Wolters Kluwer, Health. “Studies associate the use of clinical decision support tools like UpToDate with improvements in patient outcomes and hospital quality measures, and so we are delighted to see more communities across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia benefitting from the introduction of these tools.”