Press Review of the week
April 4th 2011
This week, the Joint Commission International (JCI) granted a 3 years accreditation the Istishari Hospital in Amman, complying with 1031 out of 1033 criteria. This accreditation remains Jordan as the first regional medical tourism hub. In this purpose, KSA strengthens his partnership with United Kingdom says ArabNews, with the meeting between the Saudi Minister of Health Dr. Al-Rabeeah and the British Secretary of State, Andrew Lansley.
For their part, the UAE launched their new medical file shared system, called Wareed, to reduce medical errors, duplication of drug prescription, etc. owing to historical share data. It will give paramedics instant access to a patient’s records in a crisis. In the long term, the system will be able to analyse long-term trends and patterns in disease management. According to Gulfnews it will connect all 15 government hospitals and 68 affiliate clinics across the country.
Gulf countries, health connected, make every effort to computerize health sector and Mafraq Hospital in Abu Dhabi as AME agency reports launches a new electronic medical records system.
Western US standards of accreditation are widely well-known and coveted by hospital, clinics and other healthcare providers in the Middle East. They are a guarantee of credibility for patient. Nevertheless, misrepresentations conveyed by western media is far from having an unanimous support. As shows Angie Nassar from NowLebanon when she rants against Rebecca Black (she is not alone on the Web), a 13 year old singer, which meaningless lyrics are making a buzz on the Net. This hyperaesthetization suddenly reveals the superficiality of mass media like those ‘Barbari’ written by Alessandro Baricco.
By the way, Elayne Boosler from Huffington Post is upset by social media, like the clocksucker Facebook. That should play down the impact of revolutions 2.0…
Western media misrepresentations have an impact on eating habits: Gulfnews said this week that education and prevention among children is the crux of the matter to reduce chronic diseases, like obesity, the new Black Plague in the Middle east.
