Small to mid-sized (100-400 bed) US hospitals and health care networks, including Mt Ascutney Hospital, the Western Washington Rural Health Care Collaborative (WWRHCC), and the Chatham County Safety Net Planning Council (CCSNPC) are using solutions from Orion Health to address point-of-care and data management functions.
Using Orion Health systems, these hospitals have been able to improve healthcare and ultimately health outcomes.Paul Viskovich, President Orion Health North America and EMEA says, “As a result of the increase in e-medical record systems, hospitals are bracing themselves for a tidal wave of clinical data over the next two years. Orion Health technology is allowing hospitals to create healthcare information exchanges (HIEs) that leverage this online clinical data and maximize existing partnerships to improve access to and efficiency of healthcare services.” Chatham County Safety Net Planning Council (CCSNPC) selected the Orion Health Rhapsody Integration Engine to build the Chatham County HIE Pilot to serve more than 250,000 people in the Southeast Coastal Georgia County. CCSNPC’s goal is to address the health care needs of the uninsured and underinsured through ongoing collaboration and evaluation. The Orion Health HIE solution creates an infrastructure that allows for secure electronic exchange of health information among Chatham County care providers. Said Paula Reynolds, MD, MPH, CCSNPC Executive Director, “CCSNPC membership is committed to improving our infrastructure through technology. Orion Health provides an end-to-end solution that implements a word class, complete HIE infrastructure, scalable to our Pilot Project needs, but capable of expansion to grow with our communities’ needs.” Both rural healthcare organizations, Mt Ascutney Hospital in Windsor, Vermont and Western Washington Rural Health Care Collaborative in Washington State are using Orion Health Concerto Physician Portal for a complete, unified view of patient data for physicians and staff across multiple locations. Mt Ascutney employs Orion Health technology to integrate physician’s workflow and patient information into a single system. Orion Health Concerto Portal makes patient information available to physicians and staff both in the hospital and in four outside locations. Physicians can also graphically view data elements as charts and graphs to easily spot trends and show patients the impact of trends, such as blood pressure, diabetes and other chronic diseases. “Our physicians can provide better care because they have the data to understand the bigger picture and can see the information in a way that’s easy to digest,” said Glenn Thornton, Analyst, Mt Ascutney Hospital. “The problem with our old system was that doctors spent too much time looking for information on their patients. The new system, based on Orion Health saves time and gives the doctor more complete information, and in some cases, that could mean the difference between life and death. The additional information allows our staff to make better clinical decisions, which leads to improved healthcare and ultimately better health outcomes.” Western Washington Rural Health Care Collaborative uses Concerto to connect eight remote counties of Washington State to share resources and patient data across nine federally designated critical access hospitals (CAHs). The Web portal provides physicians at rural health clinics or private offices with information about their patients. Consulting physicians traveling to these rural areas will also be able to view information prior to the onsite consultation. Elizabeth Floersheim, Executive Director for WWRHCC, said: “We expect to achieve time savings by eliminating the need to individually look up information for each patient. Because all of the patient information is available in one place we will improve accuracy. We’ll be able to deliver medication faster since the Concerto portal includes a messaging system that allows the pharmacists to send messages to nurses on the floor telling them when the medication is ready for their patients. And more accurate information will help us improve patient care and safety.” |
