Maimonides adds care management technology
Maimonides Medical Center, an academic medical center in Brooklyn, N.Y. has adopted the Allscripts Care Management solution to increase the efficiency of utilization management and discharge planning and improve the coordination of care. Maimonides, which also uses the Allscripts emergency department technology, implemented the Web-based care management application in less than four months and has been using it since the end of March.
D.C. hospital goes digital with its order sets
Sibley Memorial Hospital, a 328-bed hospital in Washington D.C., has selected Wolters Kluwers’ ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, as its electronic order set solution. The hospital will implement the latest version of the software, which includes the unique One Click Updates tool, enabling easy and automatic updating to keep order sets current with the latest medical evidence. The hospital will implement the latest version of the software, which includes the unique One Click Updates tool, enabling automatic updating to keep order sets current with the latest medical evidence.
Boston health network automates charge capture
Caritas Christi Health Care in Boston, a six-hospital network, has implemented charge capture software from Boston-based MedAptus. Caritas Christi selected MedAptus' Practice Plus Edition on BlackBerry smartphone devices and Web-enabled workstations for the capture of physician inpatient charges. In addition, Caritas Christi is rolling out the MedAptus Facility Edition for the capture of outpatient clinic charges, starting in the area of cardiology.
Orlando Health taps Accelerad for image sharing
Orlando Health, a not-for-profit healthcare organization, will implement the SeeMy Radiology.com diagnostic image sharing technology platform to exchange diagnostic imaging information during trauma transfers from referral facilities and for imaging exchange throughout Orlando Health’s eight hospitals and care centers. As part of the triage process, the technology, developed by Atlanta-based Accelerad, allows clinicians to review vital medical image information via the Web or on mobile devices to assess a patient’s condition before a transfer is made.
