Healthcare IT News - November 2007 - (Page 44) 44 Healthcare IT News November 2007 ■ new products www.HealthcareITNews.com Picis launches Web-based anesthesia tool — Picis, a provider of care information systems, announced the release of CareSuite Extelligence Anesthesia version 3.0, a Web-based tool for anesthesiologists and business managers, which will be demonstrated at RSNA 2007. Version 3.0 is designed for analyzing and managing the business performance and clinical quality indicators of the anesthesia care environment. The software integrates with CareSuite Anesthesia Manager, Picis’ anesthesia information system, allowing clinicians and business managers to directly access and analyze anesthesia information from automatically recorded data. Using data collected from patient cases, Extelligence Anesthesia version 3.0 users have WAKEFIELD, MA access to clinical information regarding complications, best practices, medications and quality assurance indicators, which can identify incidents and trends in patient care. The software also enables healthcare executives and business managers to track productivity and performance and identify opportunities to improve efficiency. “Costs and risks of anesthesia care are among the highest in the hospital. Quick access to information on performance and procedures can prevent waste, increase billing and help improve patient care,” said Carlos Nunez, MD, chief physician executive of Picis and a practicing anesthesiologist and intensivist. “Extelligence Anesthesia trans- Ad index Allscripts Healthcare 23 Alpha Systems 41 AMTELCO 44 Canon USA 11 Carestream Health 8 Carstens 16 CDW Healthcare 4-5 Devon IT 20 Elsevier Science 18 Emdeon Business Services 39 Fuji Medical Systems 2 GE Healthcare 14 HIMSS Analytics 38 HIMSS08 35 HITN e-connect 47 Picis will show off its new anesthesia tool at this year’s RSNA show in Chicago. Hospira 10 Hyland Software 17 IBM 12-13 Intechra 43 InterSystems 26 John Muir Health 30 Key Equipment Finance 30 Maxant 24 McKesson 19 McKesson Imaging 48 Medical Informatics Engineering 9 Medicomp Systems 32 Marketplace 45 MedTech Publishing 34 Merge Healthcare 42 PACSGEAR 45 Research in Motion/Blackberry 36 Seiko Instruments 40 Spotwave Wireless 31 Sprint 25 Thomson Healthcare 7 Welch Allyn 6 William Blair & Co. 22 forms disjointed data into meaningful, digestible information and reports without the need for Bill of Rights. Also, I belong to a professional organization that fights for the protection of the privacy rights of individuals – the American Health Information Management Association – and, I pledge daily to protect this right. Finally, ALL the professionals involved at Palisades knew the consequences and probably signed multiple statements that they understood it. Thank you for the opportunity to share. – Mary K. Sierra, RHIA Director, Medical Records OSF-Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center interesting tip of the iceberg when you have famous people using your office, I thInk thIs Is an extensive IT involvement.” Picis is located at booth 1728. ■ PrODUCTS see page 45 LeTTerS Continued from page 12 I agree wIth the author. Patient privacy must be mandatory, regardless of who the patient is. Many hospitals I know would have summarily fired the employees, whether they leaked the information or not. Unauthorized access is just that, unauthorized access. – Tom Shubnell PunIshment Is not severe enough for healthcare professionals that improperly viewed records. They should be fired. – Sandra Trakowski as there is a purpose for HIPAA. The most significant being that patients needed to feel that anything that Felt I had to resPond, they shared with a healthcare provider would be held sacred. Previously, honest communications between the patient and the caregiver were hindered by a very real fear that the information they disclosed would be fodder for conversations, internally and externally, which would harm or embarrass the patient. I wish I could remember the quote from a state or federal chief justice that went something like this: We all have a side to our lives which includes how we wish to be perceived, and we also have a right to keep those things that we wish to remain private, private. I’m afraid I did a poor job of paraphrasing, however, the gist is true: Privacy is a right to be protected – and cherished – as in our hospital or facilities. People just can’t resist sneaking a peek at someone’s medical record that they have no business need to know about. Personally, I think that one needs to make an example of the offenders but it also brings to mind what is the security access for the hospital records – i.e. if you have a famous type person should one for IT purposes put an extra step or two in the access code for that particular record? I am a retired physician. The beauty of the EMR is now one knows who is reading the chart whereas in the old days you had no clue as to who might be perusing a chart without a real need to know! – Neil R. West Tucson AZ Ad sAles contActs John D. Payne john.payne@medtechpublishing.com T (207) 688-6270 F (207) 688-6273 Vincent Biunno vincent.biunno@medtechpublishing.com T (201) 666-2118 F (201) 666-9660 Cathleen Martindale cathleen.martindale@medtechpublishing.com T (727) 376-2900 F (727) 376-4097 Steven Loerch steve.loerch@medtechpublishing.com T (847) 498-4520 F (847) 498-5911 Gordon Hunt gordon.hunt@medtechpublishing.com T (949) 366-3192 F (949) 366-3193 inside accOunt ManaGer MarKetPlace/YellOw PaGes western sales ManaGer Midwest sales ManaGer sOutHeast sales ManaGer nOrtHeast sales ManaGer Vice President sales HaIgH Continued from page 13 congestive heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, that is convenient for both patients and clinicians. Widespread deployment of this technology has failed because current technology solutions are too expensive. Imagine a future where the solution is deployed over inexpensive devices such as cell-phones, cutting the cost by well over 75 percent. Several start-up companies are working on just this. In this case my dream is that patients or their caregivers will make a “consumer good” purchase at their local pharmacy or variety store, signing up there for a provider of the monitoring services they need for their condition – just as today they go to Circuit City, Radio Shack or the like to get their mobile phone and service. Just like today’s Life Alert, but a real healthcare solution not just an alarm. What’s interesting about these two examples is that the underlying technology consists mostly of common, off-the-shelf electronics and software, such that increasing market size will drive prices down. That’s the right prescription for healthcare in the USA! ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect HaIGH 1107 E.J. Fechenda ellen.fechenda@medtechpublishing.com T (207) 688-6270 F (207) 688-6273 Neil Rouda neil.rouda@medtechpublishing.com T (207) 688-6270 F (207) 688-6273 PublisHer ● Peter J. 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