Hossam Elamir, Leader of Technical Support Teams

Hossam Elamir

Leader of Technical Support Teams

Ministry of Health Hospitals

Location
Kuwait - Hawali
Education
Master's degree, Healthcare Management
Experience
21 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 9 Months

Leader of Technical Support Teams at Ministry of Health Hospitals
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since November 2016

To provide consultation and technical support for Adan Hospital, Ibn Sina Hospital, KCCC and Palliative Care Center in the field of healthcare quality, accreditation, and safety. In addition, the team liaises with the hospital and the MOH Quality and Accreditation Directorate to achieve the objectives of both entities.

Head of Quality & Accreditation office at Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital
  • Kuwait - Hawali
  • March 2009 to November 2016

1. Facilitating, monitoring, educating, conducting and coordinating National Accreditation Program:
The Kuwaiti National Accreditation Program -based on Accreditation Canada Standards- was launched in 2011. Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital was selected to be surveyed in May 2013 and was accredited from the first time. I was appointed as an accreditation coordinator in the hospital. In addition to my active participation in and support of the self-assessment teams, I was responsible for the strategic and human resources planning.
2. Implementation of continuous improvement initiatives including:
• Lean Healthcare.
• New Quality Management Systems
• Patient Safety Walk rounds Program
• Sentinel Events & Root Cause Analysis
• Training for Quality Improvement, FOCUS PDSA, FMEA & RCA
• Reviewing & investigating of mortality & morbidity rates
3. Participating in developing of the National Incident Reporting System for MOH Hospitals in 2013
4. Recommendations regarding annual review within QM activities, indicators
5. Retrospective & concurrent reviews on assigned area using IMS DB, indicators or criteria
6. Site visits to Mubarak Hospital to work with staff on QM, reporting within 3 days.
7. Training of staff in areas of QM Programs, records requirements, CQI, Quality tools, Conduct QM workshops, Conduct QM orientation for new staff.
8. Participate in Area wide mini focus studies
9. Reviewing results of committee meetings, mini focus studies, QM team activities and report to Q&A directorate.
10. Coordinate with directorate as assigned to maximize staff expertise in QM
11. Prepare monthly & quarterly reports regarding QM Programs & compliance
12. Recommendations regarding annual review within all QM activities, DB, indicators
13. Day to day support to reviews, utilization reviews, retrospective monitoring, committees
14. Incident Report review
15. Medication Safety Program
16. Patient Medical Record Audits
17. Clinical pathways formation, analysis & reporting
18. Reviewing, developing Policies and Procedures & Guidelines, Developing QI plans
19. Assigned as coordinator of the following Committees:
i. Hospital Board
ii. Safety & Risk Management Committee
iii. Mortality & Morbidity Committee
iv. Accreditation Preparation Committee
v. Utilization Review Committee
20. Representing Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital in Hawalli Health Area Quality and Health promotion committees: Participating in planning and execution of Strategic and Health promotion plans in the primary healthcare sector -which servicing around 850, 000 population.

Facilitator of Action Learning Sets (ALS) at Institute of Leadership- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • October 2015 to October 2016

1. Coordinating (meetings are scheduled, ALS members are informed, rooms are booked, etc.)
2. Advising on process and group dynamics
3. Coaching and helping the ALS members to become more inquiry-oriented than advocacy-oriented (powerful questions are essential to good exploration and learning)
4. Guiding the ALS in their exploration of subjects
5. Helping the ALS work effectively through ensuring the right balance of support and challenge, task-orientation and people- or relationship-orientation
6. Reviewing the process at the end of each meeting

Quality Management Specialist at Al-Zaitoun Specialized Hospital, SMC
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • October 2008 to March 2009

Quality, Patient safety and Accreditation -Egyptian and Arab programs- activities as assigned

Quality Management Specialist at King Abdul Aziz Medical City, NGHA
  • Saudi Arabia - Alahsa
  • May 2008 to August 2008

Quality, Patient safety and Accreditation -JCI- activities as assigned

Resident of Physical Medicine, Rheumatology & Rehabilitation and Hospital improvement Planner at Egyptian Railways Hospital
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2003 to May 2008

Professional Healthcare services Provider, Full time work, 48 hours per week working in the outpatient clinic as well as the inpatient wards to examine, assess, diagnose, treat, follow up and evaluate outcome of many referred patients. Managing obesity and diet related diseases. Also sharing in improving the department services, planning for implementing new ones designing plans for improving the hospital and Night Shift Manager.

External staff at World Economic Forum
  • Switzerland
  • May 2006 to May 2006

Member of Organizing Committee, Performed the different assigned duties with great flexibility, commitment and teamwork, specially the tasks that relevant to security and safety

House Officer at Ain Shams University Hospitals
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • March 2002 to February 2003

Obligatory on hand training year in different medical and surgical specialties. It is a cornerstone requirement to be legitimate and authorized physician.

Education

Master's degree, Healthcare Management
  • at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)
  • June 2015
Diploma, Healthcare Accreditation Professional
  • at ACCREDITATION CANADA INTERNATIONAL
  • November 2014
Diploma, Obesity Management and Nutrition in Certain Medical Diseases
  • at National Nutrition Institute
  • February 2007
Diploma, Industrial Safety and Health Administration
  • at Institute of Management Development, AUC
  • November 2004

Holder of Professional Certificate for Industrial Safety and Health Administration: 1. USA- OSHA General (30 hours) 2. USA- OSHA Construction (30 hours) 3. USA- NASP Workplace Safety & Health Professional Certificate 4. Lab safety & handling dangerous materials

Bachelor's degree, Total Quality Management
  • at Institute of Quality Management, AUC
  • September 2004

Attended and actively participated in POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT FOR HEALTHCARE REFORM for one year

Diploma, INTERNAL CRIMES INVESTIGATIONS
  • at Institute of Management Development, AUC
  • July 2004

CONTEMPORARY TRENDS FOR INTERNAL CRIMES INVESTIGATIONS AFTER 9/11 PROGRAM

Diploma, CRISIS MANAGEMENT
  • at Institute of Management Development, AUC
  • June 2004
Bachelor's degree, Medicine & Genaral Surgery
  • at Ain Shams University
  • December 2001

Mb.BCH, Bachelor of Medicine and General Surgery over all grade: Very Good

High school or equivalent, General Secondary Certificate
  • at Ahmed Elbeshr Elromy Secondary School
  • July 1995

General Secondary Certificate (section of science). (97.4%)

Specialties & Skills

Industrial Safety
Administration
Management
Analytical, able to manage stress, precise, intelligent, creative, motivated and ambitious.
English: Fluent written and spoken
Graphic Designing Programs: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Video Editing Programs: Windows Movie Maker, Subtitle Editor
MS Office Application

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

The Egyptian Medical Association for the Study of Obesity
  • Active Membership
  • February 2007
The Egyptian Association for Nutrition
  • Active Membership
  • February 2007
American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM)
  • Member
  • July 2017
National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ)
  • Member
  • November 2016
Kuwait Medical Association
  • Member
  • July 2009
Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization
  • Member
  • July 2009
The Egyptian Medical Syndicate
  • Member
  • March 2003

Training and Certifications

CPHRM (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2017
Valid Until:
October 2020
Non-Technical Skills For Surgeons (NOTSS) (Training)
Training Institute:
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Date Attended:
April 2017
Duration:
7 hours
Train-the-Trainer 5-day course (BowTieXP, AuditXP, IncidentXP, BowTieServer) (Training)
Training Institute:
CGE Risk Management Solutions, Netherlands
Date Attended:
February 2017
Duration:
35 hours
Risk Management for Projects (Training)
Training Institute:
AdelaideX, University of Adelaide
Date Attended:
July 2017
Duration:
15 hours
Expert Professional Certificate in Industrial Safety and Health Administration/ Security (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2004
Healthcare Accreditation Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2014
Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2016
Valid Until:
December 2018