3M™ Data Abstracting and Reporting Software (3M DARS) supports nationwide data collection projects
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-: In line with its plans to support the Health Sector Transformation Program under Vision 2030, 3M has successfully implemented 3M™ Data Abstracting and Reporting Software (DARS) at more than 180 hospitals across the Kingdom, including Central, Northern, southern, Eastern & Western regions.
3M DARS offers innovative web-based data management platform for abstracting, coding, grouping, and reporting. The platform supports case management, streamlines workflow and helps improve other aspects of department and hospital performance. Its standard and customized data abstracting fields support all data collection and reporting needs of the hospital and cover any type of patient care including inpatient, outpatient, and emergency care.
Integrated with governmental portals, 3M DARS platform supports Saudi nationwide projects including coding, costing, and financial reforms. In addition, it enables healthcare providers to meet regulatory goals and strategies.
Since the rollout of the project in 2021, more than 400,000 charts have been successfully coded, submitted and validated by the Regulatory Data Submission Tool (ABM Portal). Through HL7 integration engine, 3M DARS is interfaced with more than 15 inbound and outbound Electronic Health Record (EHR) vendors in Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed Al Holibi, Regional Business Manager, 3M Health Information Systems – MEA said: “At 3M, we are committed to enhancing clinical coding, improving clinical documentation and leading the shift from volume to value-based care. In line with the Saudi Vision 2030, the 3M™ Data Abstracting and Reporting Software is helping to transform the health sector in the Kingdom. Through this innovative cloud-based solution, we are empowering clinicians, providers and payers in the Kingdom to improve overall healthcare for individuals and the society.”
“For more than 30 years, 3M’s coding and grouping solutions has been helping hospitals all over the world to stay compliant and efficient. It’s great to see how we are expanding our expertise to Saudi Arabia where the healthcare sector is undergoing significant transformation,” said Garri Garrison, President, 3M Health Information Systems Division, who met decision-makers from the Kingdom’s healthcare authorities and hospitals in-person during the Global Health Exhibition 2022.
The project was successfully carried out by 3M Saudi National teams who provided clinical trainings on 3M DARS and 3M™ Codefinder Software (Codefinder™) to more than 475 coders on-site across 14 cities in the Kingdom. The trainings covered all major changes in the Australian coding standards from 6th to 10th edition, providing coders with the knowledge required to support them through the transition.
In addition to the trainings, a utilization project was also carried out to help the clusters define performance goals, improve data quality, optimize resources, measure coders productivity, and analyze, monitor and increase performance.
3M showcased the technology at the Global Health Exhibition 2022, the MENA region’s leading exhibition for the healthcare industry, that took place at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center from October 9 – 11.