Summer 2010 WELLSOFT WORKS Marietta Memorial Hospital Wellsoft Interfaces with MEDIT ECH Wellsoft EDIS interfaces with any HL7 compliant hospital or departmental system including MEDITECH Magic. Ohio’s Marietta Memorial Hospital, which sees over 31,000 patients each year in its ED, is live with Wellsoft EDIS interfaced with MEDITECH Magic’s HIS since December, 2009. Features include Patient Tracking, Clinical Documentation, Order Tracking and Results, and Reporting among others. Charge Capture implementation is scheduled for 3Q2010. “Wellsoft is an important component to our hospital information system.” Scott Cantley, President & CEO, Memorial Health System Wellsoft EDIS and “Meaningful Use” Wellsoft is currently CCHIT 2008 Certified. For 2011, CCHIT offers two levels of certification, EDIS Comprehensive and Interim Final Rule (IFR) for Stage 1 Meaningful Use Criteria. Wellsoft is applying for both certifications and anticipates certification 4Q2010. Wellsoft Corporation leadership is actively involved in many clinical and technical health care working groups and has been a member of the CCHIT Emergency Department Work Group since 2006. Spotlight on Boca Raton Community Hospital
Boca Raton Community Hospital cares for more than 43,000 ED patients each year Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Highlighted i n Healthca re Informatic s From Healthcare Informatics, April 2010 2009 Best in KLAS: Beyond the Numbers Brookhaven Memorial Hospital’s CIO, Donald Fleming, chose Wellsoft EDIS to replace a paper based system, “Our primary vendor, Siemens with Soarian, was quite a bit behind on ED development and we couldn’t afford to wait.” Brookhaven ED staff was impressed by how knowledgeable the Wellsoft team was, and from a technology standpoint the system is easy to use and doesn’t have any downtime. “We also looked at offerings from Cerner and McKesson,” he says, “but they didn’t gain any traction with our users.” Boca Raton Community Hospital (BRCH) in Boca Raton, Florida, is live with Wellsoft EDIS. Features implemented include Patient Tracking, Nurse & Physician Documentation, Bi­Directional Order Entry, Results, Clinical Decision Support, Image Capture and Automatic Charge Capture among others. With Wellsoft EDIS, BRCH has benefited with:
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Increased efficiency in patient throughput
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Reduced wait time, length of stay and elopements
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Seamless integration with hospital and departmental systems Wellsoft Welcomes New Customers
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Kingston General Hospital and Hotel Dieu Hospital, Ontario, Canada Kingston General Hospital, with over 47,000 ED patients annually, and Hotel Dieu Hospital, with about 50,000 urgent care visits each year, have selected Wellsoft EDIS. CTAS and CEDIS requirements will be supported. Implementation planning is underway.
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Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska The Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital (NOH) has assumed management responsibility of Clarkson West Medical Center (CWMC). CWMC, a Wellsoft client since 2005, sees over 15,000 ED patients each year. NOH will continue to use Wellsoft EDIS to help maintain efficiencies in their ED. Page 2 Summer 2010 Wellsoft EDIS Integrates Interactive Forum for Wellsoft Users Now On­Line â
with Nuance’s Dragon Medical Software For Memorial Hospital immediate benefits included a significant reduction in the time spent documenting care. Replacing costly dictation, Memorial Hospital in York, PA, a 150­bed hospital which serves over 40,000 ED patients each year, enhanced their Wellsoft EDIS implementation with Wellsoft Physician Documentation and Dragon Medical 10. ED Physicians are using Dragon Medical software to navigate and dictate within Wellsoft EDIS. Benefits include a significant reduction in the time spent docu­ menting care. Prior to go­live, many doctors spent multiple hours after shift dictating patient information. Now, all documentation is completed in real time. No more extra hours required.
“The extremely functional interface of Wellsoft and Dragon is an excellent solution to our EMR needs.” Dr. Greg Smolin, Medical Director, Memorial Hospital Wellsoft’s User Forum gives Wellsoft users a secure, password protected “user only” environment to interact with each other and Wellsoft staff. Members can exchange ideas, offer suggestions, and share tips about best practices, system content, ideas, etc. The Wellsoft User Forum can be accessed from Wellsoft’s website at www.wellsoft.com/forum/. Wellsoft Clients Honored!
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Dr. Rex Mathew, MD, FACEP of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA was named Emergency Department Director of the Year by the Emergency Medicine Foundation & Blue Jay Consulting
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Gregory J. Smolin, DO, FACEP of Memorial Hospital in York, PA, was nominated Physician of the Year at the Central Penn Parent’s Healthcare Heroes awards program.
Upcoming Exhibit Schedule Wellsoft EDIS Go­Lives And Syste m Expans ions ¨
FirstHealth of the Carolinas ­ Richmond Memorial Hospital Initial Go­Live (2nd Location for FirstCarolinas Health)
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Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center CPOE (Order Entry), Physician Documentation
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CentraState Medical Center Clinical Decision Support, HL7 A03 Outbound to Meditech
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Durham Regional Hospital HL7 Bi­Directional ADT (A08 Message) for Bed Assignment
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Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center Image Capture
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Marietta Memorial Hospital Phase 2 Go­Live ­ Electronic Nursing & Physician Documentation
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Memorial Hospital Physician Documentation, Integration with Dragon Medical 10 NY ACEP Scientific Assembly July 6­8, 2010 Bolton Landing, New York Exhibit Booth # TBD ENA Annual Conference 2010 September 23­25, 2010 San Antonio, Texas Exhibit Booth # 501 ACEP Scientific Assembly 2010 September 28 ­ October 1, 2010 Las Vegas, Nevada Exhibit Booth # 1517 Emergency Department Administration Conference November 4­5, 2010 Toronto, Ontario, Canada HealthAchieve2010 November 8­9, 2010 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Exhibit Booth # 705 isEDIS 15th Annual National Symposium on EDIS (PA ACEP) November 15­19, 2010 Miami, Florida Exhibit Booth # 201 WO ULD YO U LI KE A DEM O NSTRATI O N O F WELLSO FT EDI S? CO NTACT US TO SCHEDULE !