healthsystemCIO.com: Hospitals Relying on ED for MU CPOE

Over 80 percent of providers interviewed for a new KLAS report, EDIS 2011: Delivering on Great Expectations, plan to utilize their EDIS to help them attest for Stage I MU. However, only a third of those say their vendor is ready, noting a variety of functionality gaps, including medication reconciliation, reporting, and CPOE.

“Actually . . . → Read More: healthsystemCIO.com: Hospitals Relying on ED for MU CPOE

Less Paper, Better ER? One Rural Hospital’s Bid

Duncan Regional Hospital emergency department uses analytics and predictive modeling to manage higher volume, share patient records.

Despite being rural and relatively small, Duncan (Okla.) Regional Hospital has been a leader in health IT for years, first installing Meditech financial and clinical systems for acute care nearly 20 years ago. The latest IT project . . . → Read More: Less Paper, Better ER? One Rural Hospital’s Bid

Meditech-L: Magic Stand Alone Lab certification

We’re in the situation where we will be implementing an Epic EMR and want to retain our Magic Lab system as a Stand Alone lab interfaced with Epic.  I just found out from Meditech that they do not plan to certify the Stand Alone Lab.  Does anyone know what is involved with certifying the . . . → Read More: Meditech-L: Magic Stand Alone Lab certification

St. Anthony Hospital Group Turns to Nuance to Speech-Enable its Clinical Documentation Process

Nuance Communications, Inc., today announced that 100 percent of the emergency department (ED) physicians across St. Anthony Hospital Group, part of Centura Health, use Dragon Medical to document patients’ medical reports. The Hospital Group’s decision to leverage Dragon Medical as part of its MEDITECH Emergency Department Management (EDM) system was driven in part from results . . . → Read More: St. Anthony Hospital Group Turns to Nuance to Speech-Enable its Clinical Documentation Process

KLAS: EDs seek functionality, integration

KLAS compiled feedback from over 700 providers to investigate the effect of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) on emergency department (ED) purchasing priorities. The Orem, Utah research firm also highlighted vendor progress in delivering clinical functionality and integration.

“Providers using best-of-breed ED information system (EDIS) products most often describe their computerized physician order . . . → Read More: KLAS: EDs seek functionality, integration

healthsystemCIO.com post on MEDITECH 6.0 Diary Part 2

Jorge Grillo continues his diary on the upgrade to MEDITECH 6.0, including their evaluation of MEDITECH’s Emergency Department (ED) module. Interestingly, Grillo also discusses why they were re-examining the decision to go with 6.0 (six months after signing the contract).

“… we garnered much more information on the upgrade. Some of the information was . . . → Read More: healthsystemCIO.com post on MEDITECH 6.0 Diary Part 2

Reaching the Apex of ED Performance

St. Anthony Hospital group uses its MEDITECH system along with speech recognition software to improve clinician workflow and medical record quality in the ED.

How do you streamline physician workflow in the Emergency Department (ED) when you’re one of the busiest trauma networks in the country?

This was the question facing the St. Anthony . . . → Read More: Reaching the Apex of ED Performance

MUSE and 6.0

Educational presentations include:

Staying On FOCUS in a MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD World! by Frank Fortner, Iatric Systems, Inc.

CPOE – From a Physician and Project Management Perspective by Dr Mary Ellen Pelletier and Carol Muhlbauer, Doylestown Hospital, Doylestown, Pennsylvania

We All Know the Joy of Cooking Series … Now We Present the Joy . . . → Read More: MUSE and 6.0