Healthcare Magazine July 2015 | Page 59

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The Information Technology department is one of the company ’ s special features , receiving USD $ 5.4 million of these investments .
The company created a technological platform that follows all its units in real time . Through a biometric activated system , the Quality Control Core Department monitors the patients ’ visit experience , including wait time , from check in to check out . The Core runs 24 / 7 at Hapvida ’ s administrative headquarters in Fortaleza , Ceará state , and keeps up with activities in all hospitals , ER ’ s , laboratories and diagnostic imaging units .
As for the expansion plan , Hapvida is getting ready to inaugurate a new general hospital — Rio Negro Hospital , in Manus , Amazonas state — which will be the largest in the city . The unit will have an adult ICU , neonatal , pediatrics , hemodynamics and hemodialysis care service . Riomar hospital already had its first phase delivered : Riomar emergency room . When finished , the hospital will benefit the population with a surgery center , pediatric ICU and pediatric ERs .
Jorge Pinheiro and Candido Júnior at the Control and Quality Center
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