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| Posted: 17 Apr 2009 08:39 AM PDT IASIS Healthcare LLC , a 16-hospital system based in Franklin, Tenn., is deploying the Horizon Medical Imaging PACS from McKesson (Alpharetta, Ga.) as part of an effort to improve patient care and physician satisfaction, according the company. The enterprise imaging platform is intended to provide IASIS physicians with secure access to a more complete view of patients’ records, which can lead to more well-informed treatment decisions, it says. With 15 acute care hospitals and one behavioral health facility, IASIS Healthcare serves approximately 2,700 beds across six regions: Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla., Las Vegas, West Monroe, La., and three cities in Texas. |
| NAHIT Offers Virtual Idea Exchange Posted: 16 Apr 2009 09:08 AM PDT The Chicago-based National Alliance for Health Information Technology (NAHIT) has developed written summaries and posted complete replays on its Web site for its Virtual Idea Exchanges (VIEs). VIEs are live online forums in which senior healthcare executives discuss their experiences in various aspects of planning and implementing health information technology to achieve strategic goals, with interchanges and questions from participating colleagues. The replays, summaries and registration for upcoming VIEs are available at www.nahit.org . |
| U.S. Transportation Command Deploys Patient Tracking Posted: 16 Apr 2009 09:05 AM PDT The United States Transportation Command (Scott Air Force Base, Ill.) is working with New York-based Information Builders to devise patient movement plans based on urgent medical needs, available facilities, in-transit visibility and enterprise-wide cost and performance analytics, it says. The deployment of a pervasive operational business intelligence system is designed to enable the Command to be more efficient in evacuation and care activities, minimizing suffering and improving care, says the company. Authorized users can generate detailed reports to monitor the status of patients from the beginning of transport to the outcome of treatment, potentially saving the lives of thousands of soldiers, it touts. The U.S. Transportation Command, working under the Department of Defense, is a joint command responsible for creating and implementing global asset deployment and distribution solutions. |
| DoD Pays Educational Visit to Cleveland Clinic Posted: 16 Apr 2009 08:45 AM PDT The Cleveland Clinic (Ohio) will host current and future healthcare decision-making leaders from the Army, Navy and Air Force as part of the Falls Church, Va.-based Military Health System ’s (MHS) Traveling Fellowship Program. According to the hospital, Cleveland Clinic was selected for its care model, patient-centered infrastructure, and emphasis on the patient experience. The hospital has also worked closely with the Department of Defense on various programs to benefit soldiers. The goal of the Fellowship program is to better prepare MHS senior leaders to discuss and collaborate with their colleagues in the civilian sector. Themes covered during the visit will include transformational leadership and culture, reengineered clinical and administrative processes and infrastructure. Earlier this week, the MHS Fellows were on site at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. A Department of Defense enterprise, MHS is a partnership of medical educators, researchers, and healthcare providers and their support personnel worldwide. |
| Ochsner Posts ER Wait Times Online Posted: 15 Apr 2009 08:06 AM PDT New Orleans-based Ochsner Medical Center is now posting online, real-time wait times for its four New Orleans area emergency rooms, thereby allowing patients the option to be treated more quickly at another Ochsner hospital for non-life-threatening conditions, it says. According to the organization, Ochsner is offering this information to patients in an effort to improve healthcare for the community and meet patients’ growing requests for information about their care. Ochsner Health System is a non-profit, academic health system that includes seven hospitals and more than over 35 health centers located throughout Southeast Louisiana. Ochsner employs more than 600 physicians in 80 medical specialties and subspecialties and more than 300 clinical research trials annually. |
| Sam’s Club Launches EMR Package Posted: 14 Apr 2009 10:55 AM PDT Sam’s Club, a division of Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , is partnering with eClinicalWorks (Westborough, Mass.) and Dell (Round Rock, Texas) to launch a turnkey EMR and practice management package targeted toward small physician practices. According to the companies, the solution is designed to be scalable for growing practices. The eClinicalWorks software will be delivered through a Software as a Service model, enabling physicians to access the system via a secure Internet connection. Dell will provide hardware and site assessment, onsite technical set-up and training as well as integration of the eClinicalWorks software with the operating system, and hardware warranty support, they say. The EMR package is now available in Virginia, Illinois and Georgia as part of a phased implementation, and is expected to be available to physicians nationwide this year, say the companies. For more information about the package, healthcare professionals can visit www.samsclub.com/health or call 866-653-1933. |
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