Centra Health Selects Emergency Department Information System From Allscripts
Hospital Group to Automate Emergency Department and Connect Caregivers
CHICAGO and LYNCHBURG, Va (October 22, 2008) –
Allscripts announced today that Centra has selected Allscripts ED(TM) (formerly HealthMatics(R) ED) Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) to automate emergency operations and improve access to clinical information.
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Nonprofit Centra has two main hospitals: Lynchburg General Hospital in Lynchburg, a 358-bed critical care facility that is the area’s regional center for emergency medicine, with 88,000 annual Emergency Department visits; and Virginia Baptist Hospital, a 160-bed facility that has received Press Ganey’s prestigious Summit Award for achievement in patient satisfaction. In January 2006, Southside Community Hospital in Farmville joined Centra as an affiliate.
Centra will initially implement Allscripts in the ED at Lynchburg General Hospital, and in the process replace its existing electronic patient tracking board.
“At Centra, we believe technology is essential to the delivery of excellent patient care, and Allscripts is clearly a technology leader,” said E.W. Tibbs, Senior Vice President of Operations for Centra Health. “A basic tracking board is a short-term solution to the long-term challenges facing most emergency departments. Allscripts ED is the solution that will help us gain efficiency, improve outcomes and, we believe, ultimately contribute to the bottom line.”
Allscripts ED electronically streamlines processes for the entire Emergency Department, including tracking, triage, nurse and physician charting, disposition and reporting. Integrated features include “one-click” access to individual patient charts, the ability to view multiple charts simultaneously, to track the entire patient treatment experience at a single glance, and alerts that notify the clinician of overdue treatment times, medication conflicts and conflicting orders.
The Allscripts solution also features remote chart access for community caregivers and hospital staff, so they can securely access an ED patient’s chart via the Web without logging into the ED solution. Additionally, its sophisticated analytics identifies workflow bottlenecks that slow care delivery, and monitors quality outcomes to ensure better care.
“Emergency Automation makes nurses and physicians more efficient while improving patient care, and our ability to track quality outcomes,” said Peggy Pollard, R.N., Director of Clinical Informatics. “The new forms library will make it easier for physicians and nurses to document care.”
The Allscripts ED Forms Library provides pre-built clinical decision support guides that enable physicians to quickly and accurately document and manage the most common types of patient encounters. Additionally, Form Builder enables caregivers to create new forms within the EDIS or transfer existing paper forms into the system, making it easier for physicians to transition from paper to electronic recordkeeping.
“Physicians and caregivers inside the Emergency Department not only need instant access to the right information at the right time, they need an EDIS solution that’s makes the process of managing and caring for patients safer, faster, and easier,” said Allscripts Chief Executive Officer Glen Tullman. “We’re pleased that Centra Health has chosen Allscripts ED to help fulfill their vision of leveraging technology to provide superior patient care to their community.”
Centra will integrate Allscripts ED with its McKesson Horizon Clinicals hospital inpatient information system, enabling interoperability of all clinical and financial information between the Emergency Department and the hospital.
About Centra
Centra, a nonprofit healthcare system, was founded in December 1986 with the merger of Centra Lynchburg General Hospital and Centra Virginia Baptist Hospital. In January 2006, Southside Community Hospital in Farmville joined Centra as an affiliate. With more than 5,000 skilled health care professionals, Centra provides comprehensive medical care in a variety of settings. For more information, visit http://www.centrahealth.com.
About Allscripts
Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX) uses innovation technology to bring health to healthcare. More than 150,000 physicians, 700 hospitals and nearly 7,000 post-acute and homecare organizations utilize Allscripts to improve the health of their patients and their bottom line. The company’s award-winning solutions include electronic health records, electronic prescribing, revenue cycle management, practice management, document management, medication services, hospital care management, emergency department information systems and homecare automation. Allscripts is the brand name of AllscriptsMisys Healthcare Solutions, Inc. To learn more, visit http://www.allscripts.com.
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