Healthcare IT News - January 2008 - (Page 43) www.HealthcareITNews.com news January 2008 ■ Healthcare It News 43 st. lUKEs Continued from page 13 Native communities receive telehealth support By rIChard PIzzI, Associate Editor OTTAWA the battery life of a device, what applications are being used and what data is being transferred. It also increases, security he said because the network can’t be “cracked.” “Wireless is always sold on productivity – we make that come true,” said Johnston. Today St. Luke’s has deployed NetMotion’s Mobility XE across a variety of its healthcare applications, including patient charting and records, blood management and monitoring, neurological and X-ray test results and portable scanning for patient and test result identification. “For sure the system has paid for itself over the years,” said Gene Gretzer, senior analyst and wireless project leader at St. Luke’s. He said the hospital has definitely seen an increase in productivity especially with its Xray system. “We have also reduced the time for a clinician to receive electronic X-rays from, in many instances, 30 to 45 minutes down to about 1 1/2 minutes - allowing clinicians to diagnose issues and begin treatment faster,” said Gretzer. Although NetMotion’s deployment has been a smooth transition for the hospital over the years, Gretzer said there was one problem that they did not anticipate. When St. Luke’s first decided to go with NetMotion, the hospital was using a Novell platform. He said that it was not compatible with the system, which is “pure-Microsoft” and the hospital had replace it. Gretzer said the hospital hopes to deploy the technology onto its EKG equipment in March at St. Luke’s Community Medical Center - The Woodlands. On the horizon, St. Luke’s is looking into converting its client-based system to a Webbased one in its two new hospitals, St. Luke’s Clear Lake Hospital and St. Luke’s Sugar Land Hospital, which is set to open this summer. ■ More at healthcareItnews.com e Connect: StlUKeS 0108 – Canada’s top healthcare IT organization has devised a new funding formula that provides generous support to telehealth projects in native Canadian communities. Canada Health Infoway has agreed to offer 100 percent funding for telehealth deployment in First Nations communities if the projects are integrated with an existing provincial or territorial project. Stand-alone First Nations telehealth projects will receive 75 percent funding. “I am pleased that Canada Health Infoway recognizes the importance of increasing access to healthcare in First Nations communities,” said Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine. “The new funding model will help increase the availability of care, delivered locally, through telehealth.” The Assembly of First Nations is the national organization representing First Nations citizens of Canada. According to the First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey (RHS), nearly one in five First Nations adults have no doctor or nurse available in their community. Infoway representatives claim that telehealth can improve access by overcoming barriers of geography, transportation infrastructure, and socio-economic disparity. “We recognize the barriers to care faced by many remote and isolated First Nations communities,” said Richard Alvarez, president and CEO of Canada Health Infoway. “For those who live in these communities in particular, telehealth brings medical experts to them thanks to technology, increasing access to much-needed healthcare.” ■ More at healthcareItnews.com e Connect: NatioNS 0108 ● Turn technobabble into triumphs Clinical Decision Support Systems Automatic Real-time Triggers Real-time Critical Information IT saves lives at John Muir Health IT Group John Muir Medical Center was ranked by U.S.News & World Report as one of America’s Best Hospitals in 2007 for orthopedics and digestive disorders. At John Muir Health, highly qualified professionals find the transition from mouse pad to bedside an exhilarating experience. 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