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June 14, 2008 Article #20162 Volume 124, Issue 2 Partners
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designed to meet 100 percent of a customer's information management, performance management, and reporting needs
Sun and Creative Healthcare
Improving patient care and simplifying information access
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Inadequate access to information or incomplete medical records during patient evaluations can jeopardize and delay proper treatment. The effective use of technology by hospitals and clinics can help promote better quality patient care and reduce administration efforts. MedGenix software from Creative Healthcare Systems (CHS), running on Sun platforms, facilitates the rapid implementation of affordable health information systems (HIS). With the solution, organizations can place access to clinical records at the point of care, gain real-time answers to critical questions, simplify documentation, and improve patient safety.
The need for health information systems
Healthcare organizations are constantly seeking methods to promote better care, as well as spend more time with patients and less time on administration. Physicians, nurses, and other medical staff need HIS solutions that ease information sharing, help maintain Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance, support documentation process improvements, and consolidate patient information in a single location. Unfortunately, limited IT resources and the economic constraints faced by many healthcare organizations often stall efforts to deploy and maintain effective HIS solutions.
CHS MedGenix solutions
MedGenix software products from CHS facilitate the rapid implementation of affordable and robust health information systems that simplify the completion of a full range of financial and clinical tasks.
- Financial tools cover elements such as general ledger, fixed assets, accounts payable, materials management, payroll, electronic claims, and accounts receivable.
- Administrative modules assist with time and attendance, human resources, physician credentials, forms generation, order entry, and enterprise and surgical scheduling functions.
- Patient records software streamlines master patient index, patient accounting, health information management, and patient care documentation.
- Specialty applications help integrate the operation of radiology centers, pharmacies, clinics, and assisted and long-term care facilities.
In addition to software, CHS offers outstanding configuration, training, and support programs. In fact, CHS industry specialists work closely with hospital staff to plan and implement Medgenix solutions, helping shape the flow of critical patient data.
Built on Sun platforms, MedGenix solutions provide outstanding stability and can easily scale to accommodate growth and change. MedGenix solutions also maximize the use of Sun Rau thin clients, bringing critical data closer to the point of patient interaction and minimizing the IT staff requirements at each facility. By utilizing the MedGenix software on Sun platforms, organizations gain a reliable, high-performance HIS solution that can help increase information sharing, expedite patient billing, improve documentation of patient encounters, and lead to better patient care.
Improve patient safety
Lacking a comprehensive history of patient care and health events can compromise patient safety. CHS MedGenix software helps organizations to improve information management by integrating current and historical patient clinical data into one database. As records are added, the MedGenix system securely publishes the new information in real time across the entire healthcare network. The MedGenix solution also utilizes low cost, easy to maintain Sun Ray thin clients as information access points. As a result, organizations can afford to distribute devices throughout the facility, improving patient care and safety by placing access to critical medical records closer to the point of care and facilitating the immediate notation of patient encounters.
Unlock trapped data
While many organizations maintain complete clinical and administrative records for each patient, accessing and evaluating patient data can be cumbersome and time consuming. MedGenix solutions unlock trapped data, providing a real-time snapshot of critical financial indicators, Web-based access to a patient clinical dashboard, drill down reporting capabilities for both clinical and financial data, and continuous online access to detailed patient records. By leveraging MedGenix solutions to tie all patient data together electronically, healthcare groups can significantly improve the access, presentation, and communication of important patient information.
Utilize Sun technology to do more with less
Due to cost constraints and limited IT staffing, healthcare organizations often strain to create effective HIS solutions. Maintaining dozens of desktops and servers with unique software configurations and hardware variations can become expensive and labor intensive. Based on a centralized computing model and Sun Ray thin client desktop access, the CHS MedGenix and Sun solution minimizes the number of required systems, decreases maintenance tasks, and speeds deployment time.
On the client side, Sun Ray thin clients provide extremely secure access to the Medgenix solution—without the maintenance tasks and operational costs related to standard PCs. In the datacenter, flexible and scalable Sun platforms facilitate dependable day-to-day operation and economical capacity expansion. Across the entire solution, the Solaris™ 10 Operating System enhances the efficiency, security, and reliability of the implementation. From end-to-end, the CHS and Sun solution is optimized to help hospitals and clinics accomplish more at less expense while utilizing fewer IT resources.
Oklahoma Surgical Hospital
With a health information system already straining to keep up with demand and an ongoing rise in need for information access, Oklahoma Surgical Hospital (OSH) sought a new information management solution. After an independent firm evaluated several competitive systems, the MedGenix solution from Creative Healthcare Systems stood out.
By taking advantage of the MedGenix solution, OSH has improved cash flow dramatically, created faster and more accurate billing processes, and streamlined business office functions. The return on investment at OSH is exceptional. The MedGenix solution paid for itself in less than a year, workload and staffing requirements were reduced, and the centralized computing model based on Sun technology provides a low total cost of ownership going forward.
About Sun and Creative Healthcare Systems
For over 15 years, Creative Healthcare Systems has delivered cost-effective, advanced technology solutions to hospitals, clinics, longterm care facilities, and home health agencies within the United States. Sun provides enterprises with flexible, scalable, innovative, and cost-effective solution infrastructures. By taking advantage of Sun platforms for the deployment of MedGenix solutions, organizations can gain access to the latest technologies and create HIS systems with unmatched reliability, manageability, and serviceability. Together, Creative Healthcare Systems and Sun can help healthcare providers improve patient care and safety, simplify information access, and do more with less.
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