Building Resilient & Sustainable Healthcare in MENA
Building Resilient & Sustainable Healthcare in MENA podcast series is presented by Becton Dickinson (BD), which is an insightfull series that delves into the dynamic world of healthcare in the region. This series brings the latest trends, innovative solutions, and expert perspectives to the forefront of the industry.
Join us as we explore critical areas such as patient safety, healthcare worker well-being, and institutional efficiency, all aimed at creating a resilient and sustainable healthcare ecosystem.
Learn about the BD host
James Waterson is a Senior Medical Affairs Manager for Becton Dickinson, Middle East and Africa. He is a registered nurse, a health economist, and a medical educator, and an associate editor for the Journal of Medical Internet Research. He has published papers on medication safety, alarm fatigue, machine learning, medical device interoperability, and on compounding and dispensing technologies.
Dr. Sumaya Al Blooshi, President of the Emirates Nursing Association
Dr. Rawia Mohamed, Head of Anatomical Pathology at Burjeel Medical City and Associate Professor at Khalifa University
Dr. Siddiq Anwar, Consultant Nephrologist at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Dr. Abdulelah Alhawsawi, CEO of Novo Genomics
Dr. Sara Al Dallal, President of the Emirates Health Economics Society
Season 2 is coming soon
Stay tuned for the second season to hear more about how medical technology can help address some of the toughest challenges - from preventing errors, enhancing patient safety and ensuring healthcare worker safety, to infection prevention, improving diagnosis, medication management, streamlining, automation and more.
The world of Healthcare never stands still and for over a century, neither have we.
BD Signature Programmes
As part of our commitment to sustainable healthcare, we have developed the BD Signature Programmes to help drive foundational healthcare objectives across our solutions.
These programmes will address specific needs and pain points such as protecting patients and healthcare workers against safety hazards, helping address staff shortages and driving staff satisfaction, removing waste and inefficiencies across healthcare organisations to unlock their hidden capacity.
Patient Safety Program
The Patient Safety Program is designed to help prevent errors and adverse events to enhance patient safety, quality of care and care delivery.
We're aiming to:
- Help prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and support treatment management
- Help diagnose sepsis and support treatment management
- Help implement antimicrobial stewardship
- Help prevent medication errors
Healthcare Workers Program
The Healthcare Workers Programme is designed to help protect healthcare workers against safety hazards to help address staff shortages and drive staff satisfaction.
We're aiming to:
- Help address psychological, ergonomic, bloodborne pathogens, radiation and hazardous drugs hazards in the workplace
- Help enable more time for patient care and added-value tasks through standardization and automation
- Help build and promote a culture of healthcare worker safety through differentiated services
Efficiency Program
The Efficiency Programme is designed to help healthcare institutions minimize waste and inefficiencies to unlock their hidden capacity and drive financial sustainability.
We're aiming to:
- Help identify waste and inefficiencies throughout the patient journey
- Help standardise, automate processes within and between departments to minimise waste and help improve efficiency key performance indicators
- Help build resilience to support the hospital's future
