Perot Systems brings global expertise to healthcare

"The healthcare market in the Gulf region is changing quickly. A growing population has given rise to a rapidly growing market for healthcare and its associated industries," said Dr Kevin Fickenscher, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Healthcare Transformation at Perot Systems. "We have realised the potential of this area and are investing heavily, offering IT and consulting services to healthcare organisations."

Key issues affecting global healthcare markets on a global scale include cost, quality and the fragmentation of services. As one of the largest providers of consulting, business process, and technology-based solutions for the healthcare industry, Perot Systems believes that these challenges can be addressed through 'clinical transformation'. Using IT as the basis for supporting change healthcare systems can be modernised and processes aligned through the digitisation of patient records.

Dr Kevin Fickenscher and other healthcare experts from Perot Systems will be available throughout Arab Health to discuss clinical transformation in more detail, how it affects the Middle Eastern healthcare marketplace as well as the company's involvement and commitment to the region.

Perot Systems' healthcare industry consultants include former clinicians, physicians, nurses, and administrators as well as experts in business processes and technology. Perot Systems' customers include six of the top 25 US health systems, more than 620 healthcare providers and 130 health insurance organisations, thousands of caregivers, and six of the leading healthcare supply chain and retail pharmacy companies.