King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC) realizes the importance of Social Responsibility in community, which goes beyond providing exceptional health care services and promotes the concept of healthy lifestyle for individuals and society, both within or outside the Organization.
As a result, KFSH&RC has established a Social Responsibility Department under the direct supervision of the CEO. The department is responsible for devising and implementing strategic programs to enhance community health concepts that are in line with best practices in various health care sectors. The department aims at accomplishing this by collaborating with local and international foundations and organizations to raise the community health awareness.
Objectives:
Duties and responsibilities
Organizational structure:
A Manager reporting directly to the CEO of KFSH&RC supervises the management and operations of the Social Responsibility Department in the Foundation.
The Social Responsibility Department consists of three departments as per the organizational structure, which are:
1.Public Health
This section was setup to provide many health awareness services by strategic collaboration with all other departments in KFSH&RC in order to accomplish the following goals:
2.Health Education for Patients and Families
KFSH&RC believes in providing the patients and their families with the highest level of health education. In addition, the pre-treatment and discharge education is also a part of the social responsibility of the Organization.
Health Education for Patients and Families, as affiliated to Social Responsibility Department, provides 13 health education programs aiming to enhance awareness about diseases and treatments along with providing consultations and support after discharge. The activities and support provided by Health Education Department is aimed at ensuring continuous interaction with the patients after discharge. These health education activities include courses, group courses and consultations over the phone.
These programs, aimed at raising health awareness within the patients and their families, provide advice on how to coexist with and prevent the disease with healthy lifestyle.
The section educates patients and their families through on-line blogs, health information on Portal platform of the Organization that contains videos, electronic brochures and health tips, and through social media platforms.
Health education programs include the following:
3.E-Gate (specialized Health Encyclopedia)
KFSH&RC provides integrated health encyclopedia – a portal dedicated to raising awareness about health and disease prevention and promoting healthy lifestyle for everyone.