THE MOH DECIDED TO SPREAD ITS IT WORKLOADS ACROSS VARIOUS SERVICE PROVIDERS , INCLUDING STC AND MOBILY AND UNIFY UNDER VMWARE CLOUD FOUNDATION .
S C R U B B I N G U P
Virtual hospitals , telehealth , centralised appointment services , integrated health services , planned usage of AI , has prompted Ministry of Health to adopt VMware managed multi-cloud services platform .
TRANSFORMING AND SCALING HEALTHCARE IN SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabia ’ s Health Sector Transformation Programme aims to restructure the health sector in the country . The Programme depends on the principle of value-based care , which ensures transparency and financial sustainability by promoting public health and preventing diseases .
The Programme aims to improve access to health services by expanding the provision of e-health services and digital solutions , as well as improving the quality of health services . The Health Sector Transformation Programme works on harmonising and coordinating between all health sector entities .
Currently the Ministry of Health , MoH runs the country ’ s public healthcare service , which consists of hospitals , clinics and health centres catering to a growing population of more than 35 million people .
To meet the growing demand for healthcare services in Saudi Arabia , and to help boost the efficiency and agility of the provision of services , the MoH needed to simplify and modernise its IT systems .
It decided to do this by moving to a unified , multi-cloud strategy with VMware , with all workloads under one umbrella and the ability to offer innovative IT services to the entire healthcare sector across the country .
THE MOH DECIDED TO SPREAD ITS IT WORKLOADS ACROSS VARIOUS SERVICE PROVIDERS , INCLUDING STC AND MOBILY AND UNIFY UNDER VMWARE CLOUD FOUNDATION .
Implementation
The MoH decided to spread its IT workloads across various service providers , including telecom operators STC and Mobily , and unify everything under VMware Cloud Foundation .
The increased resilience allowed workloads to be moved between providers , while giving the MoH ’ s IT team visibility of , and the ability to manage , workloads from a single pane of glass .
The deployment of VMware VCF includes VMware NSX-T Data Center as the platform
Saif M Mashat , Managing Director VMware , Saudi Arabia , Kuwait , Bahrain , Oman , and Yemen
Eng Khalid Almedbel , CIO Ministry of Health
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