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Clinical Services Plan

An ambitious program for a vibrant future

The Clinical Services Plan (CSP) is an ambitious program of transformation, led by Dr JJ de Gorter (JHAH Chief Of Staff). It involves five overarching clinical goals and sixteen objectives.  It is being delivered over a five-year period and will ensure every patient receives the highest quality health care.

Ultimately, we intend to offer our patients a compelling healthcare service that enables JHAH to grow sustainably and to make a lasting difference to people’s lives -whether it is providing immediate guidance to a worried parent whose child has a fever at 2 a.m., or providing holistic healthcare to a grandfather in his 60s suffering from multiple comorbidities, or offering rapid emergency intervention to a 45-year old heart attack victim, or ensuring faster post-operative recovery for those undergoing a knee replacement. These are just some of the many real-life situations being optimized through the CSP.

Case studies

We are curating a series of case studies that showcase various initiatives within the CSP, each highlighting the challenges addressed, the project mobilization process, the benefits delivered, and the lessons learned. Several case studies have already been published on our website, with more to be added in the future.

Who Will Benefit from These Case Studies?

These case studies target a broad spectrum of readers, including:

  • Patients and Families: Gain insights into the improvements being made to enhance your healthcare experience at JHAH.
  • Healthcare Professionals: Discover innovative approaches and practical solutions that can be applied in clinical settings.
  • Hospital Leaders and Administrators: Learn about successful strategies and projects that can inspire change in your own organizations.
  • Policy Makers and Regulators: Understand the latest advancements and evidence-based practices in healthcare to inform policy decisions.
  • Researchers and Academics: Explore real-world applications and outcomes that can contribute to further studies.
  • Public and Community Members: Stay informed about the latest trends and initiatives in healthcare that impact our communities.

Stay Engaged! Return to this page frequently as we continue to add new and insightful case studies.

Box Out: 01

Horizon Scan

See how JHAH identifies and adopts cutting-edge healthcare innovations to enhance patient care and services.

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Box Out: 02

The Back Referral Program

Learn how JHAH's Back Referral Program improves access to specialized care for non-registered patients.

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Endoscopy

See how JHAH reduced endoscopy waiting times from months to weeks, enhancing efficiency and patient satisfaction.

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Operating Rooms

Explore how JHAH improved surgical access, increasing operating room productivity and reducing patient wait times.

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Adult Primary Care Access (Dhahran)

Explore how JHAH optimized primary care services by increasing capacity, extending hours, and improving patient scheduling.

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Adult Primary Care Access (Ras Tanura)

Discover how JHAH’s Ras Tanura facility enhanced access by increasing scheduled appointments and reducing unplanned visits.

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Referrals

Explore how JHAH optimized 26 referral pathways, enhancing efficiency, standardizing processes, and significantly reducing inappropriate specialty care referrals.

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Cath Lab

Learn how JHAH’s Cath Lab tackled bed shortages, increased capacity, and introduced new procedures to improve patient care and meet growing cardiovascular demands.

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Clinical Service Plan Goals and Objectives

These objectives have been identified as priorities which will advance JHAH towards 5 overarching goals:

  • Service excellence (quality care): Improving the health and wellbeing of the communities we serve through integrated high-quality services
  • Access (timely care): Making access to our services easy and convenient
  • People (performance): Investing in and engaging our people to maximize their potential
  • Sustainability (value proposition): Using clinical costing data to grow sustainably while optimizing cost per eligible medical recipient
  • Reliability (trusted delivery): Creating trusted clinical processes that deliver for our patients.

The CSP is guided by 16 key objectives designed to drive our mission of delivering exceptional patient care and transforming our healthcare services. Below is an outline of these critical objectives:

  • Back referrals: To establish a program to increase back-referral of EMRs.
  • Physicians: To create a long-term physician workforce and clinical leadership development plan. 
  • Access & utilization: To develop a productive clinical operating model to optimize Clinic access and increase OR, Cath Lab and Endoscopy throughput
  • Horizon scan: To undertake a horizon scan of healthcare innovations and enable their implementation supported by key partnerships
  • Laboratories: To complete a strategic review with a view to developing Laboratory services into a profit center
  • EMS: To expand Dhahran Emergency Medical Services to meet future needs
  • Disaster response: To enhance Disaster Response capabilities to deliver world-class support to Saudi Aramco and extended services to patients via Remote Area Clinics
  • Cardiology: To grow interventional Cardiology by building a third Cath Lab at Dhahran
  • ACO / Careplus: To grow Primary Care to support the implementation of the ACO, disease screening and effective population health management enabled by digital and telehealth
  • Endoscopy: To develop a new dedicated Endoscopy Suite at Dhahran
  • Ras Tanura: To complete a business plan which sets out the strategic priorities for Ras Tanura
  • Radiology: To develop Radiology into a profit center by creating a virtual tele-reporting service
  • Southern Region: To extend Southern Region reach by expanding services and access (including SPARK)
  • Day surgery: To develop a dedicated Day Surgery Unit in the current OPPA at Dhahran
  • Northern Region: To extend Northern Region reach by delivering clinical services from a new Polyclinic in Khobar/Dammam
  • Excellence: To create Centers of Excellence or Excellence Programs for Oncology, Cardiac, Orthopedic, and Mental Health