Healthcare IT News - April 2009 - (Page 25) www.HealthcareITNews.com hoSpItalS & IdNs April 2009 ■ Healthcare IT News 25 Partners to roll out new techology to monitor clinical IT By BerNIe MoNegaIN, Editor BOSTON – To ensure clinicians have access to key clinical systems on demand, Partners HealthCare, one of the largest integrated healthcare systems in the country, will roll out technology to manage the performance of its critical systems. Partners tapped the Detroit-based Compuware Corp. for performance management technology called Compuware Vantage to provide end- to-end visibility into the clinician end-user experience with Partners’ electronic medical records system. Partners’ EMR system is used by more than 6,000 doctors and nurses who depend on the system for patient care. Partners HealthCare was founded by Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition to its two academic medical centers, Compuware Business Service the system includes commuDelivery because it gives us nity and specialty hospitals, real-time visibility into the community health centers, end-user experience of our a physician network, home clinicians and physicians to health and long-term care identify and resolve issues services and other entities. before they have a chance to “The well-being of our impact patient care.” patients depends on the John Glaser The technology is designed to performance and availability of the IT systems that support delivery of ensure that applications work well patient care,” said John P. Glaser, CIO and deliver value by optimizing endat Partners HealthCare. “We chose to-end application performance, said Larry Angeli, vice president of Compuware Healthcare Solutions. For large healthcare systems like Partners, Business Service Delivery helps ensures that EMR systems deliver the consistent, high-quality experience from the clinician’s perspective needed to maximize productivity and minimize risk to patients, he said. ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: MoNItor 0409 l Screenshot of the visual patient record software pioneered at Thy-Mors Hospital. avaTar Improve both financial performance and patient care and you’re a hero. Do it with a single solution and Continued from page 23 and nurses have busy schedules. When Hardy Christoffersen, MD, head of the hospital’s surgical outpatient clinic, sees a patient, he has 15 minutes for an interview, examination and diagnosis, including decisions about what kind of additional treatment may be required. To help ensure accuracy, Christoffersen must also take into consideration the patient’s overall condition, including previous ailments and current health status. “The IBM tool gives me a fantastic, graphic view of the patient’s status. I can see much more information than just what the patient tells me is bothering him or her that day - information for which I would otherwise have to spend considerable time searching through our current records system,” Christoffersen said. “With this medical information hub, I have all the information I need at my fingertips.” “It means our doctors can work more efficiently,” said Kurt Nielsen, director of Thy-Mors Hospital. “This improves patient care.” “The IBM solution helps support our ambition to be a paperless hospital,” Nielsen added. “Also, future generations of doctors who have grown up with computers will have an even more natural approach to the use of such electronic health tools.” André Elisseeff from IBM business partner Nhumi Technologies GmbH is one of the inventors of the tool. “By combining medical data with a visual representation, we have tried to simplify access to electronic health information for healthcare professionals as much as possible, which will benefit all patients,” said Elisseeff. IBM and Nhumi Technologies will collaborate in the commercialization of the technology. ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: avatar 0409 you’re a genius. Introducing Keane Optimum We’ve taken Patcom, the industry-leading RCM solution, and integrated it with iMed, our comprehensive clinical suite, to create Keane Optimum. This new software solution manages both your RCM and clinical environments — ensuring the right information is accessible while providing a significant return on your investment. To learn more, visit keane.com/hsd or call 800.699.6773 x5329. l http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/partners-roll-out-new-techology-monitor-clinical-it http://www.keane.com/hsd http://www.keane.com/hsd http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/ibm-tests-3-d-electronic-patient-record-denmark
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