Top-performing Healthcare Organizations Recognized at McKesson’s Annual CPOE Competition
Peninsula Regional Medical Center, a 358-bed hospital in Salisbury, Md., recently earned top honors in McKesson’s third annual “Celebrating CPOE Success Award” competition for reducing errors related to high-risk medications. Peninsula Regional was recognized for its use of McKesson’s Horizon Expert Orders™ computerized physician order entry (CPOE) solution to support patient safety improvements across its entire organization. “The focus of our CPOE initiative has always been patient safety,” says Chris Snyder, D.O., chief medical informatics officer, Peninsula Regional. “As our CPOE adoption levels have increased, we’ve been able to make process changes and better use of information to enhance the quality of care we deliver.”
Concord Hospital (N.H.), a 230-bed regional medical center, was named an award finalist for using CPOE to help caregivers improve and standardize inpatient diabetes management. With the right information readily available to clinicians, Concord – a two-time CPOE award winner – reduced variation in care delivery that is expected to lead to better patient outcomes. An independent panel of industry experts selected the winners based on their use of CPOE to enhance clinical and financial results. Read the press release.
OakBend Medical Center Gains Clinical and Financial Success with McKesson’s Paragon Electronic Health Record Solution
With the implementation of McKesson’s Paragon® hospital information system (HIS), OakBend Medical Center in Richmond, Texas, has reached 100% adoption by its nurses and physicians. In addition, the community-based hospital increased efficiencies and accuracies of its medication administration process with the deployment of AcuDose-Rx® medication dispensing cabinets. “We needed a more sophisticated IT system to remain competitive in the eyes of our physicians, nurses and patients,” said Joe Freudenberger, chief executive officer at OakBend Medical Center. “Our doctors now have faster, easier access to complete patient information, with no need for paper charts, and our staff of 300 nurses spends less time tracking down information and more time caring for patients.” Read the press release.
HIMSS Honors Horizon Clinicals Hospitals for Outstanding EMR Adoption
HIMSS Analytics has created an EMR Adoption ModelSM (EMRAM) to track and identify electronic medical record (EMR) capabilities ranging from limited ancillary clinical systems through a paperless EMR environment. The EMRAM scores hospitals in the HIMSS Analytics Database on progress in completing the eight stages to creating a paperless patient record environment. After reviewing more than 5,200 hospitals in the United States, HIMSS recognized only 1.6% as achieving Stage Six EMR adoption status, classified as being almost completely paperless through extensive use of EMRs.
McKesson congratulates the following Horizon Clinicals organizations on achieving Stage Six:
If you are interested in obtaining your hospital’s EMR adoption score, visit the HIMSS Analytics Web site.
Spectra Laboratories Improves Efficiency with Horizon Lab LIS
Challenges in hiring and labor costs are causing healthcare organizations to take a serious look at the efficiency of their laboratory information systems. Spectra Laboratories East in Rockleigh, N.J., recently replaced its legacy system with McKesson’s Horizon Lab™ integrated laboratory information system (LIS) to improve efficiency for the more than 30 million tests it performs annually. “In light of the increasing labor cost coupled with a shortage of new hires, we needed to automate processes with a laboratory information system that is fast and efficient,” reports Chinu Jani, vice president of operations and general manager at Spectra Laboratories East, a lab division of Fresenius Medical Care North America. “With Horizon Lab, we can receive laboratory orders electronically and report real-time results, which has significantly improved our turnaround time to clinicians.” Read the press release.Akron General Signs with McKesson to Improve Community Connectivity and Enhance Patient Safety
Akron General Health System will partner with McKesson to improve quality and enhance care coordination among healthcare providers in northeast Ohio. The health system will offer Practice Partner®, a fully integrated electronic health record/practice management system, to more than 500 providers in its physician hospital organization and affiliated community. “Akron General is on the fast track to becoming a national showcase for what a connected medical community should look like,” says Dr. Jack Mitstifer, president of Inpatient Services at Akron General. “By expanding our partnership with McKesson, we are implementing all the right tools and connections to establish an ambulatory care center of excellence and make it easier than ever for the regional healthcare community to do business with us.” Read the press release.Nominations and Applications for Industry Awards Due in March
HIMSS Davies Award Organizational “Threshold Application”, deadline March 31. Has your computerized physician order entry adoption resulted in significant results and improved patient care? The HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence recognizes distinction in the implementation of electronic health records.2010 AMDIS Awards, nominations due March 31. The 2010 AMDIS Awards recognize excellence and outstanding achievements in the area of Applied Medical Informatics. Presented by the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS), the awards honor individuals and organizations for successful application of information systems/technology in the practice of medicine.
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