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www.HealthcareITNews.com clinical toolkit December 2008 ■ Healthcare IT News 41 Inpatient EMRs Once-hot commodity seeks staying power More information at HealthcareITNews.com recent news ➔ Support for EHR certification ➔ Upstate N.Y. hospital adopts an EHR system ➔ CCHIT invites vendors to apply for 2008 Pilot Test ➔ Three more hospital EHRs receive CCHIT certification ➔ North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System rolls out EHR ➔ CCHIT gives its seal to six EHRs for hospitals ➔ Columbia University docs hire consultant to help with EHR project ➔ Dallas Hospital prepares for CPOE and EHR systems ➔ Blessing Health System to link physicians p r o d u c t s p ot l ig H t t By PaTTy Enrado, Contributing Editor he inpatient electronic medical record, or EMR, market has had a few banner years with implementations, particularly at 200-plus bed hospitals, said Jason Hess, general manager of clinical team for KLAS Enterprises. Despite the current financial downturn and market upheaval, the big deals have already been made and many in the pipeline are moving forward, he said. The outlook with future deals is not so clear, especially given that hospital executives are feeling financial pain. “There is more pressure to get more creative ways to gain efficiencies,” Hess said. Taylor Davis, manager of research operations for KLAS Enterprises noted that the systems are maturing, and many are going live with advanced functionalities, such as integrated data analytics for reporting capability. resource central A hospital physician uses Horizon Expert Orders, one of McKesson Provider Technologies’ many Horizon Clinicals products (Photo courtesy McKesson Provider Technologies). ➔ Datamonitor: Understanding the Industry Drivers for Electronic Health Records (Market Focus) products unite efficiency, safety clinicomp Essentris http://www.clinicomp.com/essentris/ Building on 25 years of ICU expertise, Essentris is the foundation for EMRs specializing in high acuity. Essentris’ high-acuity clinical charting, 24x7 surveillance and retrospective analytic and reporting solutions provide high performance and zero downtime, improving clinical decisionmaking, patient safety and outcomes. Contact: J.F. Lancelot, 800.350.8202, jfl@ clinicomp.com epic EpicCare Inpatient Clinical System http://epicsystems.com/software-clinical.php EpicCare Inpatient spans hospital departments and specialties, giving healthcare organizations the tools to improve quality of care, protect patient safety and allow doctors and nurses to work efficiently. Contact: Sales, 608.271.9000, info@ epicsystems.com fisher@ge,com tHree trends to watcH Jason Hess and Taylor Davis of KLAS Enterprises note three trends to follow in inpatient EMRs: 1. enterprise: In the last few years, the pendulum has swung from best-of-breed solutions to enterprise solutions. Providers are looking for one common vendor for clinical integration, which data has shown success in patient safety. 2. monitoring: With the rise of non-reimbursable events by payers, particularly the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, solutions are emerging that help healthcare systems monitor and document such things as infections. 3. safety: Healthcare systems are investing in clinical systems to improve patient safety. CIOs of 200-plus bed hospitals have already implemented or are implementing systems. Movement in now being tracked for smaller hospitals. mckesson provider tecHnologies Horizon Clinicals http://www.mckesson.com/en_us/McKesson. com/For%2BHealthcare%2BProviders/ Hospitals/Hospitals.html McKesson’s Horizon Clinicals suite, the first solution to unify medical and interdisciplinary care plans to drive evidence-based practice, provides advanced workflow and decision support for the entire care team and is relied upon by more than two million clinicians initiating 50+ million clinical transactions each week. Contact: Virginia Howland, managing director, Product Marketing, Horizon Clinicals, 720.239.4653, virginia.howland@ mckesson.com ge HealtHcare Centricity Enterprise http://www.gehealthcare.com/usen/hit/ products/centricity_enterprise/enterprise_ clinical.html Centricity Enterprise integrates core clinical workflows for orders, results, pharmacy and interdisciplinary care documentation. The application helps to enhance patient care through its closed-loop medication management system while supporting informed decisions, documenting the breadth of patient care across the care continuum and building an online, real-time electronic health record as a byproduct of clinical, administrative, and financial activities. Contact: Jay Fisher, 802.859.6476, jay. eclipsys Sunrise Clinical Manager http://eclipsys.com/solutions/clinical_ solutions.asp Sunrise Clinical Manager’s integrated modules (Sunrise Acute Care, Sunrise Medication Management and Sunrise Emergency Care) are components of Sunrise Enterprise suite of solutions, based on Eclipsys’ advanced XAT architecture, an extended architecture that allows for modular approaches to building comprehensive inpatient electronic health record capabilities. Contact: Robin Wrinn, 404.847.5219, robin. wrinn@eclipsys.com medspHere systems OpenVista http://www.medsphere.org Medsphere’s OpenVista is a commercially supported software based on the U.S. ProducTs see page 42 The “other” category includes Keans and Medsphere. USER REVIEWS new 2007 contracts: core cis chosen (200+ beds) “We’ve made tremendous progress in implementing technology and tools that our clinicians actually use, because it helps them do their jobs more effectively. As we have increased the adoption rate of bar code medication scanning, we’ve dramatically cut our medication error rates while steadily improving our patient, employee and physician satisfaction scores. And our patient safety initiatives haven’t stopped there.” Lesson learned: “The process change aspect of any technology implementation is not to be underestimated. But technology ultimately needs to support meaningful clinical practice change to drive the quality, safety and financial improvements that are the reasons for investing in clinical IT to begin with. We were able to leverage McKesson’s experience with its customer base to drive clinical transformation utilizing the Horizon Clinicals suite of products.” Ellen Swoger, chief information officer, Methodist Medical Center of Illinois “Essentris is highly configurable and we were easily able to adapt the notes and flowsheets to meet the requirements of each specialty.” Lesson learned: “One of our biggest challenges during our implementation was dealing with the users who were not comfortable using computers.” Ellen Pollack, director of Clinical Systems, UCLA Healthcare rEvIEws see page 42 SOURCE: IDC DIgItal UnIvERSE StUDy, SpOnSORED by EMC (apRIl 2007) http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=10517 http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.clinicomp.com/essentris/ http://epicsystems.com/software-clinical.php http://www.mckesson.com/en_us/McKesson.com/For%2BHealthcare%2BProviders/Hospitals/Hospitals.html http://www.clinicomp.com http://www.gehealthcare.com/usen/hit/products/centricity_enterprise/enterprise_clinical.html http://eclipsys.com/solutions/clinical_solutions.asp http://www.mckesson.com http://www.mckesson.com http://www.medsphere.org

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