Healthcare IT News - October 2007 - (Page 19)

www.HealthcareITNews.com October 2007 ■ Healthcare IT News 19 NEWSBRIEFS CaNCER CENtER to pull data oNto NEW platFoRm The H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute in Tampa, Fla. has selected Azyxxi, the Microsoft unified health enterprise platform, to aid in its development of personalized cancer treatment programs. Azyxxi will be used to assimilate large quantities of diverse data, including electrocardiograms, magnetic resonance imaging scans, dynamic angiograms, ultrasound images and, ultimately, genomic information, providing a visual gateway for instant access to the information, and allowing researchers to make and prove their hypotheses within minutes instead of months. Beth Israel keeps tabs on facilities Technology helps hospital pursue project funding. BOSTON By JoHN ANdrews, Contributing Writer CalIFoRNIa hoSpItal gEtS a gRIp oN StaFFINg, SChEdulINg California Hospital Medical Center (CHMC), a 316-bed acute care hospital in Los Angeles, will automate the staffing and scheduling of 1,200 employees. The medical center will employ RES-Q Labor Resource Management. CHMC is part of Catholic Healthcare West (CHW), the eighth largest hospital system in the country and the largest not-for-profit hospital provider in California. Twelve other CHW hospitals in California already manage staffing and scheduling with the RES-Q system. – Brick and mortar projects start with concrete data – to build the foundation upon which capital can be raised. If ever a healthcare organization understood the stakes involved in a facility expansion, it’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, which is undertaking a $1 billion upgrade over the next 15 years. A research affiliate of Harvard Medical School, the healthcare system has approximately 560 beds and comprises two main campuses with 27 buildings and more than 2.5 million square feet of facility space. Director of engineering Rob Bucey says the massive scope of this “infrastructure master plan” includes a comprehensive assessment of the entire facility. And while that process has traditionally been done manually, Bucey is counting on a new, sophisticated set of information technology tools from local software vendor VFA to make the job easier and more complete. BeTHIsrAel see page 22 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centerin Boston is taking on a $1 billion upgrade over the next 15 years and is employing technology to help with project funding. Decision help for Virginia hospital Nursing IT By Molly MerrIll, Contributing Writer BRoNx hEalth SyStEm BEgINS EhR Rollout Bronx-Lebanon, the largest voluntary not-forprofit health system serving the South and Central Bronx, is rolling an integrated clinical platform developed by Boca Raton, Fla.-based Eclipsys. The health system will also implement patient registration and scheduling technology, integrated with the clinical software. “When the Eclipsys program is fully implemented in the next two years, we will have the important advantage of a fully integrated electronic medical record system for the inpatient, ER and outpatient areas,” said Steven Anderman, COO of the health system. – University of Virginia Hospital has launched Isabel technology, a clinical decision support system, as a tool for teaching medical students and treating patients. Isabel is a Web-based clinical decision support system designed to reduce diagnostic errors by reminding physicians of all potential diagnoses. It can be used in a stand-alone system, interfaced with an electronic medical record system or accessed with a wireless PDA. Isabel serves as a valuable tool in a variety of settings throughout the hospital, said Stephen M. Borowitz, MD, of the division of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition at the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital. One of its most compelling uses, he said, is helping first- and second-year students generate different diagnosis lists or distill cases to key elements. In both circumstances, Isabel is generally used iteratively – that is, the student summarizes the case into a number of key terms/concepts and is presented with a differential diagnosis, Borowitz said. If the list of diagnoses doesn’t seem approCHARLOTTESVILLE, VA Clinical decision support serves as a valuable teaching tool, say University of Virginia faculty. By Molly MerrIll, Contributing Writer work lands federal grant priate, the student will repeat the exercise. Obviously, putting in the right key terms is crucial to getting the right answer(s). This type of exercise may help students learn to summarize clinical cases, which is an extremely important skill to acquire. Joseph Britto, co-founder and CEO of Isabel Healthcare, said Isabel is not necessary for every case. But, it is important to have a reminder system in place because “we don’t know what we don’t know and when we don’t know it.” Clinical trials have shown that Isabel is used in one of every eight to 10 cases. deCIsIoN see page 21 – The National League for Nursing and three institutions of higher education have received a $1.5 million grant to fund a five-year Health Information Technologies Scholars Project to integrate technology into academic and clinical practice. The Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration’s Division of Nursing awarded the grant, which will be administered by The School of Nursing at the University of Kansas, in Kansas City. “The ultimate goal of this project is to improve the future NEW YORK NursINg see page 24 BayloR BooStS mEdICal oRdERS WoRkFloW Dallas-based Baylor University Medical Center is sending its medical orders directly to radiology technicians wirelessly. The new system allows staff to receive medical orders anywhere on the hospital’s 120acre campus on a handheld device. Baylor executives expect to improve business processes associated with time-to-diagnosis, workflow and patient care. Baylor tapped Nortel for its integrated communication system. Nortel worked with the Baylor IT department to tailor it. More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: Hospitals 1007 Kentucky hospital goes wireless The Commonwealth Health Corporation has deployed Horizon, InnerWireless’ medical-grade wireless utility, into its 330-bed flagship community hospital, The Medical Center at Bowling Green. With Horizon, CHC has guaranteed wireless coverage for life- and mission-critical wireless devices and applications including: voice-grade 802.11 b/g, infusion pumps, bedside medication administration and BOWLING GREEN, KY – RhIo adoption in hospitals Unaware of what a RHIO is No plan to participate in a RHIO Don’t participate in area RHIO Participate in area RHIO Don’t know e ● Connect: GrapHs 1007 bedside blood bank automation. CHC tapped Richardson, Texasbased InnerWireless for the job. “Although The Medical Center at Bowling Green is a mid-sized hospital in a smaller metro area, we recognized that having guaranteed wireless coverage was a key component to our technology deployment strategy,” said Jean Cherry, executive vice president of CHC. ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: wireless 1007 2% 53% 7% 23% 6% N= 360 ● ● 18TH ANNUAL HIMSS LEADERSHIp SURvEy - 2007 http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=7840 http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=7839

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