Assistant General Supervisor of Information and Communications Technologies at Ministry of Health, Dr. Abdullah Al Wehaibi, confirmed that the National eHealth Project has been on its right track in accordance with the relevant strategic plans. It just needs more time to have its actual outcomes aspired by the Ministry's officials with regards to e-Government transformation, he said.
He pointed out that the eHealth PMO which was founded in cooperation with a world-class specialized Consulting Corporation, has begun to implement a wide range of tasks relating to the National eHealth Project in addition to assuring such tasks compliance with Strategic Objectives previously set for the Project.
On the other hand, both Eng. Hashem Abu Bakr, and Eng. Ahmed Al Hodaithy, assistant directors of ICT PMO, said the PMO has successfully performed the tasks assigned to it in a short period. It has also played a vital role in connecting Projects Managers with Beneficiaries of such projects. Not only does the PMO provides the full assistance required by Projects Managers to easily execute their tasks, it has also helped in preparing studies and statistics relating to such projects, they added.
The assistant directors of ICT PMO illustrated a range of tasks accomplished by the PMO including the development of a procedures manual for project management that is based on international standards (PMI). It has accordingly helped establishing the relevant templates needed to start a project. In addition, it managed to collect the necessary information about projects that comply with the Strategic Plan of e-Health. In the same respect, the PMO has prepared a unified draft of terms, specifications and standardized procedures required to facilitate the bidding process for executing projects within a scope of time consistent with the strategy. PMO tasks includes installing EPM Tools to follow up projects and achieve targeted objectives. Furthermore, it is dedicated to a wide range of other future tasks, including training and coordinating between project managers on one hand and other concerned authorities on the other hand, in addition to supporting project managers to overcome any problems during executing the projects.