Wellkins Medical Centre goes paperless, provides global access to patient records

With a focus on wellness, paperless processing of all records and patients’ access to medical records from anywhere in the world are two key features of the newly opened medical centre, Wellkins Medical Centre, said the chairman of the facility. “We have made sure that all the records, right from registration to doctor prescriptions and other details, are kept in a paperless manner. We have made it a point that the process is fully digitised and our guests can even complete the process of registration from the comfort of their homes,” said Dr Sameer Moopan, chairman and managing director, Wellkins Medical Centre.

Dr Sameer Moopan

The facility, which became operational recently, is located on Salwa Road opposite Westin Doha Hotel & Spa. Dr Moopan, with over 20 years of expertise in Qatar alone, has been instrumental in conceiving and developing a chain of clinics, pharmacies and a hospital across the country.Speaking to Gulf Times, Dr Moopan explained: “We are committed to our environmental responsibility and therefore have decided against the use of paper and the facility will be completely paperless in all the processes. We have also made available the option for our patients to access their medical records from anywhere in the world. This is made possible through a software developed in-house.”Wellkins Medical Centre, part of DSM Healthcare and Management Services, currently offers eight departments with two more departments to be added soon in Phase 2 and several more specialties in Phase 3. “We have developed the second floor of the facility with about 600sq m. Currently, there are eight departments – internal medicine, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, ENT, laboratory, radiology, dental and a general practitioner. We also have a pharmacy available at the facility. We have nine doctors and other paramedical staff,” said Dr Moopan.“Phase 2 is almost ready for inspection by the Ministry of Public Health and we expect it to happen soon. We will add orthopaedics and physiotherapy in Phase 2 in addition to a cosmetology and dermatology department. Phase 3 will be the expansion of ground and mezzanine floors of the building. We will also add cardiology, urology and neurology departments,” he continued.Dr Moopan pointed out that the facility, once fully functional, will have a larger reception area on the ground floor with a customised elevator going to all the floors of the facility in addition to four other elevators. “Once Phase 3 is completed, there will be a larger pharmacy that will be available 24/7. We also hope to make the clinic 24/7, pending approval from the ministry,” he said.According to the chairman of the group, the name of the clinic was finalised after several months of discussion. “With several rounds of long discussions, we came up with this name. We are focusing on wellness and kin refers to people who are always with you. So we coined the name from these two terms. Then, we have the tagline ‘Empowering Wellness’ to emphasise the whole idea. Wellness is at the core of what we believe in and promotes through our programmes and services,” he added.