Healthcare IT News - March 2009 - (Page 14) 14 Healthcare IT News ■ March 2009 hoSpItalS & IdNs www.HealthcareITNews.com Kentucky hospital expands clinical portal By BernIe MonegaIn, Editor InfeCTIon Continued from page 13 – Lourdes Hospital has expanded its Web-based clinical portal. Lourdes, a 375-bed hospital in Paducah, Ky., is part of the Catholic Healthcare Partners Network. It is working with the Informatics Corporation of America to provide clinicians with a single technology for accessing patient information PADUCAH, KY received across disparate systems. The hospital contracted with Nashville-based ICA last July to aggregate data from several information systems and provide a tool allowing physicians to monitor, assess and treat patients across B:8.625” the various treatment settings in T:7.4375” and around the Paducah area. “The system’s intuitive S:7” user interface and physician-accom- modating workflow made its use a natural extension of practicing medicine,” said Craig M. Slater, MD, regional chief medical officer of Mercy Health PartnersKentucky and CMO of Lourdes Hospital. “As we continue our rollout of the application and add to its functionality, we look forward to the benefits it will bring to the community, the physicians and our hospital,” said Steven Grinnell, Regional CEO of Mercy Health Partners-Kentucky and president and CEO of Lourdes Hospital. The technology collects data from the hospital’s core information system as well as laboratory, radiology, quality-assurance, ambulatory and other systems. More at HealthcareITnews.com permanently, by a preventable healthcare-associated infection,” said Jay Moskowitz, president and CEO of Health Sciences South Carolina. “South Carolina believes it is time for change. Through this collaborative, we will use our state’s best researchers to determine the Susan DeVore “By measuring performance against state and national benchmarks, the Sc hQt will work to become a national ModEl for healthcare quality improvement ” – Susan DeVore causes of specific infections. We will test the solutions in our state’s four largest health systems, which today treat about 30 percent of all patients, and share the best practices, products and services that result with all 65 of the state’s acute care hospitals.” The Premier portal will play a key role making it possible for all South Carolina hospitals to research the causes of healthcareacquired infections, or HAIs, and to identify and promote existing and new processes for prevention. Hospitals will be able to track their improvement against state and national benchmarks via the Performance Improvement Portal, Premier’s knowledge exchange community of more than 1,500 healthcare experts nationwide, to develop and share best practices and knowledge on effective strategies for combating HAIs. “By measuring performance against state and national benchmarks, the SC HQT will work to become a national model for healthcare quality improvement that every state can utilize to efficiently focus resources and improve the health of their communities,” said Premier Chief Operating Officer Susan DeVore. Sixteen South Carolina hospitals representing approximately half of the state’s discharges are currently using Premier’s SafetySurveillor, and will share their successes as a part of the SC HQT. The trust also will benefit from the use of Premier’s SafetySurveillor automated infection surveillance tool to prevent HAIs and optimize antibiotic use, protecting patients and reducing hospital costs. The technology also helps hospitals meet state-mandated public reporting of certain HAIs, including screening for MRSA and C Diff. ■ B:11.125” S:9.875” T:10.5” More at HealthcareITnews.com e Connect: INfectIoN 0309 vestig<5.099609&N_M o s _ Pr = ost_In vesti g<1 .5 ©2009 OptumHealth, Inc. Health care that’s with you from day one. Whatever life stage your members are in, their health care should help them through it. No health care management approach is better at doing that than the eSync Platform.SM It continually synchronizes hundreds of data points to deliver an accurate, holistic profile of every person in your population. This is especially critical when facing a specific life event, like pregnancy. Because it’s during these important times that receiving personalized care and recommendations is more important than ever. Discover the eSync difference at optumhealth.com/esync. l SM http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/kentucky-hospital-expands-clinical-portal http://www.optumhealth.com/esync http://www.optumhealth.com/esync http://www.HealthcareITnews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/south-carolina-faces-infections-head
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