Barbados public sector modernisation programme-digital transformation of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital

This project improves healthcare provision in Barbados´ principal acute care medical facility, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, which currently has 519 beds and 2,400 staff. The Accident and Emergency Department delivers emergency care to about 45,000 patients per year, and the Radiology and Medical Imaging Department receives an average of 50,000 requests and referrals per year. 

The digitalisation project of the Hospital improves governance standards, data quality and interoperability of protocols, integrates health information systems and strengthens capacity building. This transformation improves the quality of clinical services by providing safe, effective, timely and integrated patient-centered care benefitting 45,000 patients per year, while increasing staff satisfaction as well. The project is implemented by IDB.