eDischarge...Communicating the Patient Journey
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2011 DMF Systems INTRODUCTION TO DMF SYSTEMS & eDISCHARGE SUMMARIES
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Transcript of eDischarge...Communicating the Patient Journey
2011
DMF Systems
INTRODUCTION TO DMF SYSTEMS
&
eDISCHARGE SUMMARIES
Background2
In our 13th Year in business (founded in 1998).
Self funded and profitable.
Focused on Irish & UK Healthcare Market
Leading provider of Integration Services to Irish Public and Private Hospitals.
Over 35 individual solutions, “live” in 55+ Irish hospitals including all major HSE Hospitals and DATH’s.
Management Team have on average 25+ years local and international experience in Healthcare.
What we do
We Deliver Cost-effective Health Information Systems for:
Pathology Communications
Clinical Systems
Allied Health Information System
Hospital Administration Systems
Implementation Services
Support & maintenance
Application software development
Design new or enhance existing infrastructure
Professional Project Management for fast & proven result
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Our Clients4
Tallaght Hospital
National Virus Reference LaboratoryCork & Tralee
South Infirmary/ Victoria
Coombe Women’s Hospital
Why Discharge Summaries?5
Quality and Timely communication on discharge means: Continuity of care improvements Ensures better health outcomes Joined up Healthcare delivery Reduces re-admission rates Optimal use of scarce hospital resources Better use of community resources
And it’s only possible if: Accurate and complete information is
gathered Accessible to all of the relevant hospital
medical staff Delivered to Physicians' in a timely and
efficient manner.
eDischarge Studies6
“By improving the quality of the discharge summary, patients had on average 45% fewer medication errors per patient.”
European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Bergkvist et al.
“Estimated cost benefits from better generation of summaries in excess of £200k p.a. for an average trust.”
WCI Consulting Report- Electronic Patient Discharge Summary.
“Hospital teams gain from time savings and efficiency. Typically, about 20% of a person’s time was dedicated to record retrieval. Overall improvements in discharge procedures have achieved savings of 10 to 15 minutes per patient “
European Commission 2010 Study: Securing benefits from electronic health records.
“More than 6,700 medication errors were reported to have taken place in Irishhospitals between 2007-08. However, the real level of medication errors could beup to 60% higher due to under reporting”
STARSweb Statistics report for 2008
Core Features7
Team Based Patient Lists.Medication Management.Discharge KPI Management and Reporting.Simplified and Accurate Diagnostic and Procedure
Coding.Discharge Pathway Management.Web based, available to all authenticated Users.Electronic Delivery via HealthLink.Secure User Access.Active Directory [LDAP] Compliant.
It needs to be electronic ?
The Original is handwritten and often illegible
Errors and omissions Can take days or even weeks before
it’s ready to be sent Not delivered or too late getting to the
Physicians to be of any use Incomplete or incorrect coding i.e.
inaccurate costing Labour intensive i.e. speeding up
requires more secretaries Can only be viewed by one person at a
time, Patient’s chart can be difficult to find or unavailable
Not available to other Hospital departments if patient re-admitted
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Workflow Schema9
Contact Us
If you are interested in finding out more about DMF Systems orwould like to book an online or in person demonstration please contact us using any of these:
email: [email protected]
Call us now on: 01 - 8260470
And start building a closer relationship with your clinicians from today with
