Dr. MohammedAlhefzi

Upon returning from the UK, I worked in clinical informatics at the hospital.

Led the digitization of clinical pathways for chronic diseases and cross-cutting care systems for the new Model of Care in the Eastern Province’s first health cluster.

Senior consultant for the establishment of the Health Informatics Center; led public health surveillance teams to ensure alignment with national preventive health programs.

Co-directed the Epic electronic medical record project and led its clinical aspects; it is considered the largest of its kind in the Kingdom.

Led the population health management portfolio for the southern regions (Jazan, Asir, Al-Baha, Bisha) within the Strategic Business Unit.

Served during the COVID-19 pandemic; co-authored the JMIR paper (September 2020) documenting approximately 19 apps and platforms launched by the Kingdom in response; cited in 240 research publications as of October 2026.

I led the digital health initiative for Novartis in the Saudi market—my first move from the public sector into the pharmaceutical industry.

Led Pfizer's digital initiatives in the Kingdom, followed by market innovation.

Led Tawuniya’s Population Health Management function, overseeing a multidisciplinary team of professionals across Population Health Management (PHM), Care Coordination, Digital PHM & Value-Added Services, Occupational Health, Home Healthcare, and Health Promotion & Wellness.

Managed the transition to a proactive, prevention-focused insurance model; positioned Meena as the PHM execution arm by segmenting more than 3.2 million individuals; and conceptualized the PHM Radar—a unified digital command center for population health analytics and program performance. Strengthened integrated care pathways, expanded wellness and employer programs, and helped lay the foundation for value-based, technology-enabled PHM operations in collaboration with the Transformation team to implement a best-in-class, first-in-market digital PHM engine—the ultimate hub for value-based contracting within an enhanced primary care network of over 95 centers.

The medical background that led me to preventive medicine and then to health informatics.

Completed “The Entrepreneurial Mindset: Thinking and Acting Like a Change Agent.”.

Trained at the Ministry of Health (2013–2014) and King Faisal Medical City for Southern Regions (2014–2017); graduated as the Kingdom's first board-certified physician in the Health Informatics track.

Awarded with Merit by Swansea University Medical School as part of the specialization track within the Saudi Board program.

I taught the "Introduction to Health Informatics" course as an adjunct professor while also working in the industry.

While in medical school, I led the Abha team for Zain's youth CSR program, managing and carrying out the team's projects.

Member of the national working group that developed the Saudi Health Informatics Competency Framework, published in 2019.

Contributed to the conference's scientific program.

Selected at the first MIT Hacking Medicine hackathon in the Middle East, held in Riyadh (Nov. 29–Dec. 1, 2018) across 10 health tracks.

He helped found the organization and served as its managing director.

Board member and Vice President; represented the association at several forums, most notably as a speaker at HIMSS.

Served on the judging panel for the first edition of the hackathon (May 15–18, 2025), which featured six tracks and prizes totaling over SAR 600,000.