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72 Healthcare It News ■ February 2008 clInIcal toolkIt www.HealthcareITNews.com p r o d u c t s p ot l IG H t Emergency Department Information Systems Niche vs. enterprise more information at HealthcareItnews.com rEcEnt nEws ➔ T-System unveils new EDIS suite ➔ Allscripts banks on EHR, EDIS deals ➔ IT pushes emergency rooms beyond dry-erase boards ➔ Data proves key to best care I By Patty Enrado, Contributing Editor N THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT information systems market, the battle continues between the best-of-breed vendors with the enterprise vendors who have EDIS components, according to Jason Hess, director of business development, KLAS Enterprises. In KLAS’ Perception Study on EDIS, released in July 2007, the niche vendors had higher scores than the enterprise vendors. One reason, says Hess, is the “acute sense of focus” that niche vendors have for their products; therefore, they offer robust products that are well supported. IT departments in hospitals, however, like the common EDIS platform that is integrated into the greater hospital. The bottom line is that hospitals must decide what their needs are – how much flow of information occurs between the ED and other hospital systems such as radiology and PACS. rEsourcE cEntral ➔ HIMSS Analytics Market Overview Report: Ancillary/Clinical Department Systems: SelfDeveloped vs. Vendor-Provided Solutions ➔ Covenant HealthCare – Single SignOn from a Caregiver and Security Perspective ➔ Gartner Inc. report – Essential Evaluation Criteria for Emergency Department Information Systems A doctor and nurse use MEDHOST’s Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) . vEndor sHowcasE allscrIpts HealthMatics ED Features: HealthMatics ED from Allscripts allows emergency departments to improve their bottom line by streamlining the care experience while improving processes and staff productivity. Our clients enthusiastically agree that HealthMatics ED is easy to use allowing physicians and nurses to quickly adopt to the solution and driving proven results. Contact: Tammy Harriss, HealthMatics, marketing specialist, 919.854.3887, Tammy. harriss@allscripts.com Features: EmpowER ED documents 100 percent of a patient’s clinical information from triage through discharge, while remaining a user-friendly, comprehensive, best of breed EDIS designed by clinicians, for clinicians. Contacts: Annie Hasselgren, vice president of PR and marketing, 773.203.9512, ahasselgren@ecds.md; Rich Murray, vice president of sales, 773.450.2311, rmurray@ ecds.md, or 877.DOC.ECDS Features: McKesson provides emergency nurses and physicians with the value of true enterprise integration and the benefits of optimal performance with Horizon Emergency Care. Advanced documentation, automated patient tracking, CPOE, coding intelligence and management reporting combine to give you the power to perform when the need is urgent. Contact: McKesson Provider Technologies, 1.800.981.8601 tHrEE trEnds to watcH Jason Hess of KLAS Enterprises picks the top three EDIS trends to follow in 2008: 1. workflow: EDIS applications are streamlining the ED workflow for physicians, such as providing real-time electronic physician documentation. 2. functIonalIty: Vendors are developing more advanced clinical decision support tools, such as evidence-based medication prompts. 3. adaptabIlIty: EDIS applications are also tying the patient flow throughput of the ED into the enterprise. So, for instance, bed management systems are being linked to the ED systems, for better integration GE HEaltHcarE GE Centricity Enterprise Features: GE Centricity Enterprise, an intelligent and integrated software suite of clinical and financial applications that is designed to improve patient care and increase collaboration between clinicians – providing a better overall healthcare environment. http://www.gehealthcare.com/usen/hit/ products/centricity_enterprise/index.html Contact: Monique Robbins, marketing communications manager, 847.277.6057 mEdHost Emergency Department Information System Features: Designed by clinicians instead of software developers, MEDHOST’s touchscreen technology helps clinicians quickly and accurately enter data without multiple mouse-clicks and keystrokes or cumbersome drop-down menus, making the ED a safer and more productive environment with fewer medical errors, increased revenue, faster patient throughput, reduced risk and higher patient satisfaction. Contact: Patricia Daiker, 888.218.4678, medhostinfo@medhost.com EdIs see page 73 EclIpsys corporatIon Sunrise Emergency Care Features: Optimizes patient throughput and outcomes in the Emergency Department (ED) by automating registration, triage, patient-tracking, orders/results, documentation, prescriptionwriting, discharge and more. Built on the Sunrise Clinical Manager platform, this advanced solution seamlessly integrates the ED with inpatient and ambulatory care through a single, enterprise-wide electronic medical record. Contact: 404.847.5000, info@eclipsys.com If planning to purchase an EdIs in the next two years, who are you leaning toward? 40 percent of those surveyed by KLAS say they plan on implementing an EDIS within the next two years. 24% Epic 13% McKesson Unknown 13% 11% Cerner MEDHOST Picis Allscripts/A4 HealthMatics Meditech Siemens Eclipsys, T-System or Wellsoft EmpowEr systEms EmpowER ED mckEsson provIdEr tEcHnoloGIEs Horizon Emergency Care 5% 4% 11% 11% 9% Note: 2 percent of those polled selected 9% Custom, ECDS USER REVIEwS “Mount Sinai has seen improvement in both hospital and physician billing from ED pulseCheck. thanks to enhanced charge capture, physician revenue more than doubled, from $2.5 million in 2005 to $6 million in 2006. Likewise, hospital revenue jumped from $9.8 million to a projected $14 million.” Kevin Baumlin, MD, director of informatics and assistant professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital. “We chose MEDHOSt because of its ease-of-use, and we have since seen a high level of staff acceptance and compliance due not only to the functionality, but also because of MEDHOSt’s thorough clinical training throughout the entire process. the bottom line is, it doesn’t matter how great particular software is; if no one uses it, you’re not going to get the benefit. With MEDHOSt, even in the busiest of situations, our clinicians still use it and wouldn’t go back to the old way if given the choice.” John Gaede, director of information services, El Centro Regional Medical Center, El Centro, Calif. “Wellsoft has made documentation of my professional practice much easier. it is a very user friendly system that is not cumbersome to learn.” Cornelius Cooper, MD, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. EmPower, Medtuity or PCTS Amelior MD. SOURCE: KLAS EntERpRiSES’ EDiS pERCEptiOn StUDy, jULy 2007 rEvIEw see page 73 http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=8653 http://www.gehealthcare.com/usen/hit/

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