Royal Caribbean is partnering with IOS Health Systems to deploy the eSeaCare Electronic Health Platform as their electronic health record system for their entire fleet of ships.
eSeaCare Electronic Health Platform will serve as the software solution to connect and manage the health information for over 20,000 crew members and hundreds of thousands of guests amongst 40 ships.
The goal of the new system is to to save millions of dollars along with improving crew member care and the quality of the guest experience. It will automate medical and organizational processes through one enterprise software platform that connects crew members, medical operations, onboard medical staff and shore side clinics. In addition, the new software will give the medical staff aboard Royal Caribbean's ships the ability to continuously work despite the intermittent satellite connectivity commonly experienced while at sea. Royal Caribbean will also be leveraging the system's features to aid with the intricate compliance requirements from various domestic and international agencies.
Dr. Art Diskin, Global Chief Medical Officer for Royal Caribbean, states, "We have been working on the EMR concept for cruise ship medicine for many years and are very excited about deploying an electronic medical record for our fleet. We see this as a critical tool in the development of quality cruise ship medicine and it will enable us to better meet the health care needs of our guests and crew."
