The family medicine services and employee health clinics were started at first with Prince Mohammed Ben Abdulaziz Hospital launching on 2013.
Family medicine unit offers high-quality healthcare services to both national guard and healthcare professionals of the hospital as well as their dependents.
Scope of service
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management of both acute and chronic conditions
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disease prevention and health promotion
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occupational health
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Infectious diseases monitoring and control.
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immunization, pre-employment health screening, occupational health, annual health screening, pre-school check-up, infection control programs
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providing planned health education.
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Staff counselling &stress management.
Objectives
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Providing Age-appropriate health maintenance and screening.
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Offer recommended immunization for all age group.
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Recognize and manage common conditions, illnesses and injuries of adults, adolescents and paediatrics.
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Refer and coordinate the care of complex cases.
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Continuous professional development of the physician in the department.
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Post graduate training for resident in Saudi/Arab Board post graduate Family Medicine Program.
Clinical services provided
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Services running throughout weekdays 8:00 am- 5:00 pm
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Immunization for adults and paediatric patients
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Travel medicine, prophylactic and advice
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Chronic Disease Management (e.g. Diabetes, hypertension, bronchial asthma)
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Pre-employment Screening and physical examination
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Health maintenance
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Well-woman &Men’s health screening.
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Occupational health and safety programs for staff /TB surveillance programs
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Nebulization Therapy / Dressings (Wound care)
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Contraception / Family Planning
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Referrals to other departments/specialties whenever needed
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Pre-school check up
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Medication refill service
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Work related Injury assessment
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Driver’s License Medical Exam
Education and Training
Dr.Samia Sabur
Deputy : Dr.Amani Mahrous
KPIs
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Percent of women above age of 40 years achieved breast cancer screening
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Percent of employee for new recruitment that finished their medical examination within 2 weeks
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Percent of influenza vaccine coverage for employee
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prevalence of screening rate of high risk patient* attending EHC for diabetes type 2 to 80%, by the end of January 2019 High risk ( age above 30 with body mass index > 25)
Clinical care out come
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We achieved 97% of employee that finished their pre-employment medical examination within 2 weeks by the end of January2021
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Percentage of employee vaccinated for influenza was variable among the different years
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screening rate of high risk patient for diabetes using HbA1c increased by 90 % 2018-2019
Achievement and awards
Achieved 99% patient satisfaction rate for three consecutive years and was the highest among the whole national guard regions.
Research and publications
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Sleep quality among nurses during the first year of coronavirus disease / Scientific foundation Spiro ski Skopje/ 2021 Feb 05
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Prevalence and associated factors of Eating Disorders among TAIBAH University students , SAUDI ARABIA: A cross sectional study
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Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine/ 1 January 2019
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Prevalence of internet addiction and its associated factors among medical students at TAIBAH University, Saudi Arabia
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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care/ 30 September 2020
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Prevalence of postpartum depression and its associated factors among mothers in AL Madinah city 2019
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Published in/April 2021 issue of IJCRR.
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Social anxiety disorder in medical students at TAIBAH University, Saudi Arabia/Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 25-Aug-2020
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Diabetic peripheral neuropathy among Saudi diabetic
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patients: A multicentre cross‑sectional study at primary
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health care setting
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Publication of the Academy of Family Physicians of India
Volume 9 / Issue 1 / January 2020
Leadership
Dr. Samia Sabur
Section Head
Contact Us
Email: fm-pmbah@ngha.med.sa
Phone: +966-14-8669999 Ext.: 68032