A Custom Chronic Disease Registry for a Medium-Sized Hospital Network in Saudi Arabia

A mid-sized private hospital group in Saudi Arabia deployed a bilingual chronic care registry to improve patient tracking, reduce missed follow-ups, and accelerate MOH KPI reporting. Within six months, registry-driven workflows cut reporting delays by 90%, dropped follow-up gaps by more than half, and increased clinician engagement across three facilities.
Last updated on
May 13, 2025

Client Overview

  • Region: Saudi Arabia
  • Organization Type: Private hospital group
  • Facilities: 3 hospitals, 6 outpatient clinics
  • Focus: Diabetes and hypertension care coordination
  • Objective: Implement a centralized chronic disease registry to reduce missed follow-ups, streamline KPI reporting, and improve care quality metrics

The Challenge

The hospital group managed thousands of patients with diabetes and hypertension, but lacked an integrated way to track care continuity across its clinics and hospitals.

Key challenges included:

  • Follow-ups missed due to manual scheduling and fragmented patient data
  • Delayed internal reporting for C-suite and MOH quality audits
  • Reliance on spreadsheets and custom EHR forms that lacked consistency
  • No system for flagging care gaps or medication non-adherence

The leadership team wanted a registry that fit alongside their existing EHR, without adding complexity for clinicians—and one that supported both English and Arabic workflows.

The Solution

Bioteknika developed and deployed a modular chronic care registry tailored to the client’s clinical and administrative needs.

Solution Highlights:

  • Custom registry modules for diabetes and hypertension, designed with clinician input
  • HL7/FHIR-based integration with their existing HIS for lab, vitals, and encounter data
  • Role-based dashboards for physicians, QI teams, and regional directors
  • Patient alerts for overdue labs, follow-ups, and abnormal vitals
  • Multilingual interface supporting bilingual clinical staff
  • Built-in KPI reporting aligned with Saudi MOH chronic disease indicators

Metric Before After
MOH KPI report generation time 7–10 days < 1 day
Missed chronic care follow-ups 27% 11%
Clinician registry engagement 22% 68%
Data entry errors per week 40+ < 10

Client Feedback

“We didn’t need more software—we needed something smarter. This registry gave us exactly what we were missing: control, visibility, and clinical alignment.”
— Medical Director, Hospital Group in Riyadh

Strategic Value

  • Improved care coordination for chronic disease patients
  • Reduced reporting workload for quality teams
  • Enabled leadership to monitor program performance system-wide
  • Aligned with MOH’s digital health and audit-readiness goals