Mansoura University President Holds Meeting to Follow Up on Digital Transformation Plan at University Hospitals

Prof. Cherif Youssef Khater, President of Mansoura University, held a meeting on March 11, 2025, with the Digital Transformation Committee at University Hospitals and Specialized Medical Centers. The meeting was attended by Prof. Mohamed Abdel Azim, Vice President for Community Service and Environmental Development; Prof. Ashraf Shoma, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Chairman of the Board of Directors of University Hospitals; Prof. El-Shaarawy Kamal, Executive Director of Hospitals and Medical Centers; Assoc.Prof. Mahmoud Saafan, Deputy Executive Director of Intelaq for Information and Communication Technology; Dr. Mohamed Handoussa, Deputy Executive Director of Intilaq for Information and Communication Technology; and Dr. Amr Samir, Director of Digital Transformation at University Hospitals. This meeting is part of the university's plan to fully digitalize the hospital sector.

Prof. Cherif Khater emphasized the university's commitment to implementing the directives of the political leadership, which prioritizes the development of the university hospital system and the digital transformation of services provided. This is intended to meet citizens' needs for top-tier healthcare services, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals and Egypt Vision 2030. He added that the university is doing its best to implement a comprehensive digital transformation plan with the goal of facilitating patient care and providing citizens with top-tier medical services within a framework of governance and transparency without discrimination. This is facilitated by automating and digitizing these services, ensuring the health and safety of patients and meeting the requirements and standards of comprehensive quality assurance and accreditation by the General Authority for Health Supervision (GAHAR).

Prof. Mohamed Abdel Azim praised the efforts made in the digital transformation plan in hospitals and medical centers, emphasizing that Mansoura University is a leading model to be emulated in the field of digital healthcare transformation among Egyptian universities.

Prof. Ashraf Shoma said that the digital transformation plan has proven successful in developing the provision of medical services within the university's medical system, which is part of the efforts of the university and the medical sector.

Prof. Al-Shaarawy Kamal stated that the achievements made in all hospitals to date reflect the efforts of the administrations of university hospitals and specialized medical centers, as well as the specialists and administrative staff implementing the digital transformation plan.

Dr. Amr Samir reviewed the technical reports on the progress of the electronic physician call application for examining patients from other specialties in internal and emergency departments. The application was officially launched last January after a three-month trial period, during which 8,000 medical requests from various specialties were successfully processed.

Working papers were also presented, including proposals for implementing a special application to track patient movement in the reception departments of the Emergency and Internal Medicine Specialized Hospital. They also included a proposal for the digital transformation of medical reports issued by Mansoura University Hospitals and their electronic documentation. They also included the implementation of an integrated system that includes a comprehensive work plan and an electronic application for patient companion visits to internal departments during permitted visiting hours. This ensures the comfort of patients and visitors, and the general atmosphere within the internal departments is maintained.