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Dina Hussein Alsaadouni, MBA
Leading Healthcare Innovation& Transformation
Innovation LeaderDigital Health StrategistIndependent InventorResearcher
Developing and disseminating SCALPEL™, an applied methodology for scaling healthcare innovation and digital-health implementation — grounded in 14+ years of healthcare leadership across Saudi Arabia and the GCC. My work helps hospital and health system leaders, health authorities, and digital health ventures turn frontline operational insight into practical transformation, spanning clinical workflow optimization, AI strategy, and quality and patient safety.
- 14+ years healthcare leadership
- MBA
- SAIP-registered innovation framework
- Peer-reviewed research
Digital Health · AI · Innovation
Profile
Strategic leadership. Innovation with purpose. Impact that matters.
Dina Hussein Alsaadouni is a healthcare innovation leader focused on the systems, ideas, and capabilities that enable better care.
Her work connects executive strategy with frontline realities through healthcare operations, digital transformation, applied research, responsible AI, quality, patient safety, and intellectual property.
Explore my workFeatured work
Ideas structured for meaningful healthcare transformation.
A focused selection of strategic frameworks, digital health initiatives, intellectual property, and evidence-led work.
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Innovation framework
02SCALPEL™
A disciplined pathway from identifying friction to leading sustainable transformation.
Digital health intelligence
03Nabdah Health
A platform direction connecting healthcare insight, innovation, AI, and strategy.
Strategic transformation
04Healthcare Innovation
Operational insight translated into practical, patient-centered improvement.
Independent invention
05Intellectual Property
Protected innovation presented with discretion and without confidential technical detail.
Evidence and publishing
Selected Research
Applied inquiry designed to strengthen healthcare practice and leadership decisions.
SCALPEL™
The Innovation Framework
SCALPEL™ is my proprietary, structured healthcare innovation framework, designed to help healthcare leaders identify problems, understand underlying friction, architect solutions, test and learn, prove value, scale successful innovations, and lead sustainable transformation.
The framework — seven stages
Comprehend
Understand root causes and friction.
Architect
Design innovative, feasible solutions.
Launch & Learn
Implement, test, and learn quickly.
Prove
Validate impact and demonstrate value.
Expand
Scale what works and maximize impact.
Lead
Lead change and sustain transformation.
Healthcare Innovationمشرط الابتكارThe Innovation Scalpel™
مشرط الابتكار | The Innovation Scalpel™ is my book, classified and registered with the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP). It presents and explains the SCALPEL™ framework, walking the reader through each of its seven stages and how they translate into practical healthcare innovation work. The book is the explanation; SCALPEL™ itself is the framework.
Nabdah Health
Platform in development
Digital Health Intelligence Platform
Healthcare insight with a purposeful pulse.
A professional platform direction focused on digital health, healthcare innovation, artificial intelligence, healthcare transformation, strategy, and informed healthcare insight.
Capabilities
Areas of Applied Expertise
Six areas of applied expertise—capabilities, not an employment timeline—grounded in more than fourteen years of healthcare leadership.
Healthcare Operations
Healthcare operations expertise spanning clinical workflow optimization, service performance, resource use, and coordination across care settings, with healthcare quality and patient safety built in — including direct leadership of multi-disciplinary teams of 5–10 staff.
Digital Health Transformation
Applied work in digital health transformation spans aligning technology, operations, and clinical priorities—including responsible healthcare AI strategy—so modernization is adopted, not just deployed.
Innovation Strategy
Innovation strategy expertise, including the SCALPEL™ healthcare innovation framework, moving frontline insight toward tested and scalable solutions.
Healthcare Strategy
Healthcare strategy expertise, including translating complex priorities such as Saudi Arabia healthcare transformation and Vision 2030 goals into focused and measurable agendas.
Leadership
Leadership expertise spanning people, evidence, governance, and execution, aligned so that change is sustained well beyond launch.
Business Development
Applied work in business development spans partnerships, propositions, and market entry shaped around clear healthcare value for GCC digital health and health service organizations.
Research & Publications
Evidence that informs practice.
Selected applied research at the intersection of healthcare experience, leadership, operations, and improvement.
Patents & Intellectual Property
Innovation protected with professional discretion.
A focused presentation of registered intellectual property without exposing confidential, unpublished, or technical details.
SAIP registration evidence
The Innovation Scalpel | مشرط الابتكار
Registered intellectual property supported by a Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property registration document.
Selected Credentials
Continuous learning for global healthcare leadership.
An MBA-anchored, curated selection of completed certificates and executive programs supporting healthcare management, healthcare quality and patient safety, project leadership, intellectual property, and sustainability.
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Introduction to Ambulatory Healthcare Management
Executive healthcare program
The George Washington University
Leading Healthcare Quality and Safety
Executive healthcare program
Project Management Institute
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Professional certification
World Intellectual Property Organization
Intellectual Property and Patent Cooperation Treaty Learning
International IP learning
FDI World Dental Federation
Sustainability in Dentistry Certification
Global sustainability credential
Credentials & Evidence
The verifiable evidence behind the work.
Not a media reel—a short, checkable record: peer-reviewed applied healthcare research, healthcare intellectual property registered with SAIP, executive healthcare learning, and measurable operational outcomes.
Peer-reviewed publication
Applied healthcare research on effective patient engagement in Riyadh healthcare institutions.
SAIP-registered framework
The SCALPEL™ healthcare innovation framework, supported by a Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property registration document.
MBA and selected certificates
An MBA alongside selected healthcare management, quality and patient safety, project, IP, and sustainability certificates.
Measurable Operational Outcomes
Documented healthcare operations leadership results, including approximately +20% revenue, −15% costs, +30% patient retention, and 95% patient satisfaction across prior leadership roles.
Consultation
Let's shape the future of healthcare together.
Whether you're looking to collaborate, discuss healthcare innovation, digital transformation, research, or strategic healthcare initiatives, I welcome meaningful professional conversations.
Three direct ways to connectContact formEmail medr_dinaalsaadouni@yahoo.comConnect on LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/dinaalsaadouni
Contact
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