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HIStalk Discussion Forum http://www.histalk.com/forum HIStalk Discussion Board en Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:46:10 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.histalk.com/forum/smooth/misc/rss.jpg HIStalk Discussion Forum http://www.histalk.com/forum EDIMS Licenses Comprehensive Drug Information From First DataBank http://www.histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=491&goto=newpost Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:55:37 GMT *EDIMS Licenses Comprehensive Drug Information From First DataBank* *Hospitals Can Opt to Integrate Medication Database With EDIMS’ Emergency...

EDIMS Licenses Comprehensive Drug Information From First DataBank

Hospitals Can Opt to Integrate Medication Database With EDIMS’ Emergency Department EHR

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & LIVINGSTON, N.J.—August 31, 2010--First DataBank, a leading provider of drug databases that help drive patient safety, and EDIMS, a leading provider of interoperable emergency department (ED) information management systems, today announced they have licensed First DataBank’s National Drug Data File (NDDF) Plus™ database to offer hospitals greater choice in trusted third-party drug database information to use and integrate with EDIMS ED electronic health record (EHR).

“Hospitals have asked us to add First DataBank’s database as an addition to our EHR and we are excited to fulfill their request as part of our ongoing commitment to deliver the industry’s most highly regarded sources of drug information,” said Shane Hade, CEO of EDIMS. “The addition of First DataBank to our roster of clinical partners will give facilities the benefit of using the most comprehensive medication database that best helps them reduce potential medication errors, increase patient safety and produce better outcomes for ED patients.”

First DataBank’s NDDF Plus is one of the healthcare industry’s most widely used sources of up-to-date drug information. It assists clinicians in performing drug interaction and allergy screenings and supports safe prescribing throughout the medication use process. NDDF Plus combines drug screening information at the point of care with an extensive array of clinical decision-support modules. It also encompasses medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, as well as information on commonly-used over-the-counter and alternative therapy agents, such as herbals, nutraceuticals and dietary supplements.

“We are pleased to be working with EDIMS to provide comprehensive and useful drug information for elective use in the hospital ED,” said Donald M. Nielsen, M.D., president, First DataBank. “Together, we will help ED physicians and nurses make more informed and safer diagnostic and treatment decisions at the point of care.”

About EDIMS LLC
EDIMS delivers high acuity best practices to hospitals through its interoperable ED information management systems. Its electronic health record (EHR) solutions, designed to support clinicians’ workflow and provide clinical decision support, have been in use at hospitals nationwide for over 20 years. The EDIMS system’s ability to provide comprehensive computer physician order entry (CPOE), real-time charge capture and the ability to fully document ED patient encounters helps EDs increase reimbursement and enhance patient care while reducing the amount of time and effort involved in charting and billing. For more information, visit http://www.EDIMS.net.

About First DataBank
First DataBank, a subsidiary of Hearst Corporation, drives patient safety and healthcare quality by providing drug databases that are used within information systems that touch every aspect of healthcare. For more than 30 years, we have partnered with system developers to integrate and optimize our drug information to improve user workflow and enhance clinical decision making by those entrusted with treating patients at the point-of-need. For more information about First DataBank, call 800-633-3453 or visit www.firstdatabank.com ]]> HIStalk Sponsor Announcements Lindsey Karberg http://www.histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=491 RelayHealth Receives EHNAC e-Prescribing Accreditation http://www.histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=490&goto=newpost Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:31:28 GMT *RelayHealth Receives EHNAC e-Prescribing Accreditation * *Accreditation ensures adherence to data processing standards and compliance with security... RelayHealth Receives EHNAC e-Prescribing Accreditation

Accreditation ensures adherence to data processing standards and compliance with security infrastructure and integrity requirements for all e-Prescribing transactions

ATLANTA, August 23, 2010 ─ RelayHealth, a leading provider of healthcare connectivity services, announced today that it has achieved full accreditation with the e-Prescribing Accreditation Program (ePAP) from the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC). EHNAC’s ePAP accreditation demonstrates the operational integrity of companies that use e-prescribing, by ensuring compliance with HIPAA regulations, accommodation of industry standards and proper use of relevant formats.

Through the consultative review process, EHNAC evaluated RelayHealth’s electronic prescribing and fax-based prescribing transactions in the areas of confidentiality enforcement, level-of-service and escalation procedures, outcome-related metrics, security infrastructures and the ability to comply with industry-standard data formats. The rigorous accreditation process demonstrates adherence to strict standards and participation in the comprehensive, objective evaluation of the organization’s business.

“Because e-prescribing continues to play such a critical role in the healthcare industry’s transition to electronic health records, solution providers need to ensure that their systems and processes adhere to industry standards,” said Lee Barrett, executive director of EHNAC. “Privacy, confidentiality and security are all top concerns for these organizations, and becoming EHNAC accredited is a major step in ensuring full confidence in the integrity of a company’s e-prescribing system. We’re happy to have RelayHealth among this select group of accredited organizations.”

RelayHealth provides network and claims processing connectivity services that add value and efficiency to more than 90 percent of the nation’s retail pharmacies. The company processes more than 70 percent of all retail pharmacy prescriptions including Medicare Part D claims equivalent to nearly 11 billion pharmacy transactions annually. RelayHealth's claims editing services are performed before and after adjudication, and have saved retail pharmacies more than $2.3 billion in 2008.

“We are pleased that our electronic and fax-based prescribing transactions have passed EHNAC’s rigorous ePAP accreditation process,” said Jeff Felton, president of RelayHealth’s Pharmacy Solutions. “The accreditation is a seal of approval that underscores RelayHealth’s strong commitment to industry data standards and privacy and security of prescription data and processing.”

About EHNAC
The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) is a voluntary, self-governing standards development organization (SDO) established to develop standard criteria and accredit organizations that electronically exchange healthcare data. These entities include electronic health networks, payers, financial services firms, health information exchanges and e-prescribing solution providers. EHNAC was founded in 1993 and is a tax-exempt 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization. Guided by peer evaluation, the EHNAC accreditation process promotes quality service, innovation, cooperation and open competition in healthcare. To learn more, visit www.ehnac.org or contact info@ehnac.org.

About RelayHealth
RelayHealth, McKesson’s connectivity business, operates as a neutral partner in an open network environment, offering connectivity services and integration among all organizations, systems, and solutions. Its intelligent network is designed to streamline clinical, financial and administrative communication between patients, providers, payors, pharmacies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and financial institutions. RelayHealth works to accelerate the delivery of high-quality care and improve financial performance through solutions such as online consultation of physicians by patients, electronic prescribing, point-of-service pharmacy claims resolution by payors, pre-visit patient financial clearance by providers, and post-visit provider bill settlement by payors and patients. RelayHealth securely processes more than 12.8 billion financial and clinical transactions annually. For more information, call (800) 778-6711, or visit our Web site at www.RelayHealth.com. ]]> HIStalk Sponsor Announcements Lindsey Karberg http://www.histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=490 Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula Selects RelayHealth for HIE http://www.histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=489&goto=newpost Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:45:21 GMT *Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula Selects RelayHealth for Health Information Exchange * *HIE’s patient-centric architecture and... Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula Selects RelayHealth for Health Information Exchange

HIE’s patient-centric architecture and governance management abilities are key advantages in competitive landscape

ATLANTA, August 24, 2010 ─ RelayHealth, a leading provider of healthcare connectivity services, today announced that Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP) in California has selected RelayHealth’s health information exchange (HIE) connectivity solution to improve the quality of care and safety for its patients, create closer alignment with its physicians, and address the governance issues that arise in the process of connecting healthcare communities.

“RelayHealth’s HIE solution supports a clinical integration strategy and meets many of our strategic needs. With RelayHealth, we will be able to tightly align and connect hospital and physician practices in the routing and exchange of secure patient data from different sources within our own enterprise,” said Tom McNamara, chief information officer of CHOMP. “Health information exchange through RelayHealth is patient-centric and patient messaging is integral, whereas other players in the connectivity market are provider-centric. In addition, RelayHealth manages governance and support issues through its SaaS network model, taking the headaches of running an HIE off our hands. It’s a complete service.”

The 205-bed hospital, which serves patients in the Monterey Peninsula and surrounding counties, is launching its HIE partly to improve the distribution of results and reports, demonstrate the meaningful use criteria for government electronic health record (EHR) financial incentives, and advance its plan to strengthen physician alignment in a community dominated by small, independent practices.

Following the rollout of RelayHealth’s results management solution to the medical community slated for the fall, CHOMP will add other components of the HIE network specifically for physicians, including electronic prescribing, referral management, colleague-to-colleague communication, and connected orders. Connected orders allows physicians with or without an EHR to place orders for diagnostic tests, medications, patient care and referrals electronically. For patients, the HIE will offer a menu of messaging services to communicate with their physician and the group practice staff, including personal health records (PHRs), prescription refills, appointment scheduling, delivery of lab results, and webVisit® consultations.

CHOMP’s 288 physicians will have access to RelayHealth even if they do not have an EHR system. While the hospital is offering subsidies to practices that acquire EHRs, its leaders realize that many physicians will abstain. “RelayHealth gives those practices certain clinical integration and health information exchange capabilities that otherwise wouldn’t be available,” McNamara noted. “Our desire is to help our physicians perform certain functions such as eprescribing to receive Medicare reimbursements and physician-to-physician referrals that can protect their revenue streams.”

CHOMP will also use the system to share data with the Bay Area HIE, a collection of hospitals and practices currently sharing information for the improvement of healthcare in their Northern California communities.

The hospital is based in an area where several groups are exchanging health information and several HIE vendors are active. However, CHOMP chose RelayHealth because of the nationwide network of enrolled physician users. “Monterey is a major tourist mecca,” McNamara said. “RelayHealth’s national footprint may be of service to patients who visit from other areas of the country. If their provider at home is registered on RelayHealth, a CHOMP-affiliated physician can obtain their patient’s health information, including the latest test results, clinical encounters and medications.”

“The Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula shares our vision of a nationally connected network and the opportunity to transform healthcare as we know it today,” noted Jim Bodenbender, president, RelayHealth Connectivity Solutions. “Our HIE platform, will help CHOMP and their physicians achieve a higher level of care coordination, clinical integration and patient engagement.”

About Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP) offers a wide range of healthcare services at 15 locations, including the main hospital, outpatient facilities, satellite laboratories, a mental health clinic, a short-term skilled nursing facility, and Hospice of the Central Coast. Its 205-bed acute care facility, staffed by 288 physicians from every major specialty, draws patients from all across Monterey County. CHOMP is committed to healing the whole person throughout life and to offering comprehensive care designed to meet the needs of each and every patient.

About RelayHealth
RelayHealth, McKesson’s connectivity business, operates as a neutral partner in an open network environment, offering connectivity services and integration among all organizations, systems, and solutions. Its intelligent network is designed to streamline clinical, financial and administrative communication between patients, providers, payors, pharmacies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and financial institutions. RelayHealth works to accelerate the delivery of high-quality care and improve financial performance through solutions such as online consultation of physicians by patients, electronic prescribing, point-of-service pharmacy claims resolution by payors, pre-visit patient financial clearance by providers, and post-visit provider bill settlement by payors and patients. RelayHealth securely processes more than 12.8 billion financial and clinical transactions annually. For more information, call 888.743.8735, or visit our Web site at www.RelayHealth.com. Follow us on Twitter (@RelayHealth) or visit our Facebook page. ]]> HIStalk Sponsor Announcements Lindsey Karberg http://www.histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=489 Sacramento Maternal-Fetal Medicine Selects the SRS Hybrid EMR http://www.histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=488&goto=newpost Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:21:41 GMT *Sacramento Maternal-Fetal Medicine Selects the SRS Hybrid EMR For Its Highly Specialized Providers * Patient Care Focus of Hybrid EMR Meets Needs... Sacramento Maternal-Fetal Medicine Selects the SRS Hybrid EMR For Its Highly Specialized Providers

Patient Care Focus of Hybrid EMR Meets Needs of High-Risk Pregnancy Group

MONTVALE, NJ — August 17, 2010 — SRS, the leader in hybrid EMRs, today announced that Sacramento Maternal-Fetal Medicine (Sac MFM) has selected the productivity-enhancing SRS hybrid EMR for its high-risk pregnancy practice. With offices located in Sacramento and Chico, Sac MFM provides exceptional care to expectant women in Northern California.

"Our high-risk OB/GYN patients require complex care from our physicians and staff throughout their pregnancies," says Lynn K. McLean, M.D., Sac MFM. "The SRS hybrid EMR allows us to deliver more complete care by freeing us to focus our time and energy on our patients. The advantages of SRS also extend beyond the walls of our practice. Having meticulously organized clinical information helps me to more quickly and more completely communicate with referring physicians, which in turn enables them to provide better care to our mutual patients."

"We explored a wide spectrum of EMR solutions and it was clear that the SRS hybrid EMR would add the most value," says Deborah Sennett, Administrator of Sac MFM. "One of the important benefits is malpractice risk management—we feel more confident in the protection that digitized, organized, and complete records will deliver in this regard."

SRS was designed with direct input by its high-performance physicians to provide them with a system that fits their needs, helps them to work more efficiently, and enables them to achieve a rapid return on their investment. SRS, which has built the largest national network of high-performance practices that successfully use an EMR, attributes its unmatched adoption rate to ease of use, fast implementation, and an accelerated timeframe for training physicians and office staff.

"The SRS hybrid EMR provides an efficiency-enhancing solution to practices that do not want to be slowed down by unnecessarily complex point-and-click systems," says Evan Steele, CEO of SRSsoft. "Sacramento Maternal-Fetal Medicine prides itself on delivering exceptional care to their high-risk patients. We are confident that our solution will enhance their ability to do so, and we are happy that they are part of the growing family of over 5,000 SRS users."

About Sacramento Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Sacramento Maternal-Fetal Medicine Medical Group is the only comprehensive high-risk pregnancy medical group in the Sacramento region. For over 20 years, their physicians have provided care for women in Northern California, specializing in ultrasound, prenatal diagnosis, genetics, medical and surgical complications of pregnancy, as well as the management of multiple gestations (e.g. triplets, quadruplets). The practice dedicates itself to providing compassionate care to families who may be experiencing complications during a pregnancy. Visit them at: http://sacmfm.com.

About SRSsoft
SRS is the recognized leader in providing healthcare IT solutions to OB/GYN practices nationwide. The award-winning SRS hybrid EMR offers powerful and flexible solutions to the complex requirements of clinical workflows, patient care, and OB/GYN practice operations. Prominent OB/GYN groups overwhelmingly choose SRS because of its unique fit with the demands of their specialty.

For more information on SRS, visit www.srssoft.com, e-mail info@srssoft.com, fax 201.802.1301, or call 800.288.8369.

Media Contact
Jeremy Duca
SRSsoft
800.288.8369
jduca@srssoft.com ]]> HIStalk Sponsor Announcements Jeremy Duca http://www.histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=488 Access Enterprise Forms Management Customers Named 2010 Most Wired Hospitals http://www.histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=485&goto=newpost Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:09:55 GMT Forms and Workflow Automation Advances Hospitals' EHR Initiatives

Access, developer of the healthcare industry-leading Access Enterprise Forms Management suite, is proud to announce that 14 of its customers have been named on the 2010 ‘Most Wired Hospitals’ list:

Most Wired:
Deaconess Medical Center – Spokane, WA, Kootenai Medical Center – Coeur D’ Alene, ID, Mercy Medical Center – Cedar Rapids, IA, Meridian Health – Belmar, NJ, Providence Holy Family Hospital – Spokane, WA, Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital – Spokane, WA, Regions Hospital & HealthPartners Medical Group – Bloomington, MN, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) – Pittsburgh, PA,

Most Wired – Small & Rural:
Beaufort Memorial Hospital – Beaufort, SC, Door County Memorial Hospital – Sturgeon Bay, WI, Providence Mount Carmel Hospital – Colville, WA, White River Medical Center – Batesville, AR

Most Improved:
Medical Center Hospital – Odessa, TX, Norman Regional Health System – Norman, OK

“We’d like to congratulate all our customers named on this year’s Most Wired Hospitals list for their commitment to improving patient care and safety through technology,” said Access CEO Tim Elliott. “Access will continue to provide them with innovative solutions that help meet the needs of patients and staff.”

Norman Regional Health System (NRHS) is using Access Intelligent Forms Suite to eliminate the financial, productivity and environmental costs of pre-printed paper forms. In addition to speeding patient registration and clinical processes by offering forms on demand with patient demographics applied, NRHS uses Access’s Image Portal, which interfaces forms directly into the MEDITECH Scanning & Archiving.

To enhance patient safety, NRHS is also using Access products to produce barcoded wristbands and port EKG strips directly into electronic health records (EHRs) via the enterprise content management (ECM system).

“Access has, and continues to be, one of our primary systems and one that helped us achieve this award,” said John Meharg, Director of Health Information Technology at NRHS. “Access has allowed us to automate many manual processes and also has had several positive contributions to our clinical HIT strategy.”

About Access
Access provides electronic forms and workflow automation solutions to hundreds of healthcare organizations worldwide. Access Intelligent Forms Suite (IFS) and the other components of Access Electronic Forms Management (Access EFM) enable clinical and administrative departments to easily capture complete and current data and make it usable to people and systems across the hospital. This data exchange improves patient care and safety, cuts costs and enhances electronic health records (EHR), patient safety and downtime planning initiatives. Learn more at www.accesseforms.com ]]> HIStalk Sponsor Announcements eforms pro http://www.histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=485 Sandhills Pediatrics Selects SRS Hybrid EMR for Its 14 Providers http://www.histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=484&goto=newpost Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:25:09 GMT *Sandhills Pediatrics Selects the SRS Hybrid EMR for Its 14 Providers and 4 Locations* Comparative Benchmarking Confirmed Productivity and Physician...

Sandhills Pediatrics Selects the SRS Hybrid EMR for Its 14 Providers and 4 Locations

Comparative Benchmarking Confirmed Productivity and Physician Focus of SRS Hybrid EMR

MONTVALE, NJ — August 9, 2010 — SRS, the leader in high-performance hybrid EMRs, today announced that Sandhills Pediatrics has selected the SRS hybrid EMR for its 14 providers. Sandhills Pediatrics has four offices in the greater Columbia, South Carolina, area and has served the community's families since 1975.

"I see 38-45 patients a day, so I wanted an EMR that would easily adapt to my workflow and not hinder the pace of my schedule," says Kevin O. Wessinger, M.D., Sandhills Pediatrics. "The SRS hybrid EMR allows me to practice the way I like, while eliminating the gross inefficiencies of a paper-centric office. Implementation was smooth—we didn't have to compromise our productivity at all, even during the first few days!"

"The stopwatch doesn't lie. During our EMR selection process, we looked at several traditional, point-and-click systems and a free online EMR," says Ken Fenchel, Practice Administrator, Sandhills Pediatrics. "We timed how long it takes to perform common workflow tasks with each EMR and realized that SRS is the easiest and fastest by far. The higher level of productivity is critical to our physicians' ability to provide quality care to our high volume of patients."

SRS was designed with direct input by its high-performance physicians to provide them with a system that fits their needs, helps them to work more efficiently, and enables them to achieve a rapid return on their investment. SRS, which has built the largest national network of high-performance practices that successfully use an EMR, attributes its unmatched adoption rate to ease of use, fast implementation, and an accelerated timeframe for training physicians and office staff.

"If more practices took the time to do comparative benchmarking, the rate of successful EMR adoptions would increase," says Evan Steele, CEO of SRSsoft. "We are confident that Sandhills—like our other pediatric practice clients—will see immediate and ongoing benefits with SRS throughout their offices, and we are very happy to have them join our growing national network of 5,000 providers."

About Sandhills Pediatrics
Sandhills Pediatrics has a long and distinguished history of caring for children. Established in 1975 by Dr. S. Nelson Weston and Dr. Charles A. James, Sandhills offers comprehensive and well-rounded medical services to children from birth through college age. Visit www.sandhillsped.com for more information.

About SRS
For over a decade, SRS has been the leading provider of productivity-enhancing EMR technology—with a successful adoption rate unparalleled in the industry. The robust SRS hybrid EMR increases physicians' speed and practice revenue by offering powerful and flexible solutions that streamline clinical workflows and enhance patient care. Prominent pediatric groups choose SRS because of its fit with the demands of their specialty.

For more information on SRS, visit www.srssoft.com, e-mail info@srssoft.com, fax 201.802.1301, or call 800.288.8369.

Media Contact
Jeremy Duca
SRSsoft
800.288.8369
jduca@srssoft.com ]]> HIStalk Sponsor Announcements Jeremy Duca http://www.histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=484 New Samson Airline Micro vs. Samson Airline 77 http://www.histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=483&goto=newpost Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:57:38 GMT *Battle of the UHF Wireless Microphones* We were recently approached by Samson to test the new wireless Samson Airline Micro for use with speech... Battle of the UHF Wireless Microphones

We were recently approached by Samson to test the new wireless Samson Airline Micro for use with speech recognition. Since our current favorite wireless microphone is the Samson Airline 77, how could we say no to its new baby cute sibling? Click the Samson Airline Micro vs Samson Airline 77 review to view our findings.

You will find additional views and opinions, pertaining to this thread, when you click Wireless Microphone Thread link which takes you to the KnowBrainer Speech Recognition Forums. And... if you'd like to catch the latest forum chatter on the upcoming release of NaturallySpeaking Ver. 11 check the What's New in NaturallySpeaking Ver.11 link. ]]> Vendor/Product Discussions Tom Hamilton http://www.histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=483