Jordanian Government and Cisco Deploy First Cisco HealthPresence Solution in the Middle East and Africa

Jordan Healthcare Initiative Unveils Inaugural Healthcare Technology Solution as First Step to Transform Jordan's Healthcare Delivery System.

	A Patient and his doctor at the Al-Mafraq Governmental Hospital (MGH), in the north-east of Jordan, connect with specialists at Prince Hamzah Hospital(PHH), in Amman using Cisco's HealthPresence solution.
	A Patient and his doctor at the Al-Mafraq Governmental Hospital (MGH), in the north-east of Jordan, connect with specialists at Prince Hamzah Hospital(PHH), in Amman using Cisco's HealthPresence solution.

His Excellency Dr. Abdellatif Woreikat, Jordan's Minister of Health, cuts the ribbon to mark the official launch of the Cisco HealthPresence Clinic at the Al-Mafraq Hospital today.

AMMAN, Jordan, 29 July 2011: The Government of Jordan and Cisco today formally launched a unique regional health clinic that will use Cisco care-at-a distance technology to bring patients and physicians at the Al-Mafraq Governmental Hospital (MGH), in the north-east of Jordan, together with specialists at Prince Hamzah Hospital(PHH), in Amman, for healthcare consultations. This first implementation of Cisco's HealthPresence™ solution in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region demonstrates how technology can transform the delivery of healthcare in rural areas.

As part of the Jordan Healthcare Initiative (JHI), Cisco has strategically collaborated with the Government of Jordan to provide thought leadership in ICT-enabled healthcare solutions as well as to support the initial implementation of Cisco Care-at-a-Distance Solutions to help enable quality healthcare services for remote and underserved communities. The deployment of the Cisco HealthPresence solution to connect Al-Mafraq Governmental Hospital to Prince Hamzah Hospital marks one of the first projects under the JHI strategy.

An event to mark the unveiling of the solution was held at the Al-Mafraq hospital under the patronage of His Excellency Dr. Abdellatif Woreikat, Jordan's Minister of Health. Also in attendance were senior officials from the Jordanian Government as well as senior representatives from Cisco.

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