MMH NAMED 2011 MOST WIRED
Nation’s Most Wired Hospitals Make Progress in Adoption of Health Information Technology
Massena Memorial Hospital has been recognized as one of the nation’s Most Wired, according to the results of the 2011 Most Wired Survey released in the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.
The nation’s Most Wired hospitals are making progress towards greater health information technology (IT) adoption, according to Hospitals & Health Networks’ 2011 Most Wired Survey released today. As a field, hospitals are focused on expanding and adopting certain kinds of IT, such as computerized physician order entry (CPOE), to promote improved patient care and data collection.
“Massena Memorial Hospital understands the importance of health information technology and is committed to continually making progress toward meeting meaningful use criteria,” explained Charles F. Fahd, II, Chief Executive Officer. “The Information Systems Department has made significant gains with the implementation of Bedside Medication Verification, Physician Office Integration, and ongoing training with Clinical Review and Computerized Physician Oder Entry, CPOE. In addition, a new interactive website (www.massenahospital.org) was designed offering convenient tools such as online pre-registration, bill pay, apply for a job online, search for a physician and patient education. All meaningful use requirements that we have implemented and are implementing improve quality of care and patient safety goals. We are changing the 'way we do healthcare', which enables us to continue delivering the highest level of quality of healthcare. The entire Information Systems department is honored to be selected to Health Care’s Most Wired 2011.”
The Information Systems Department provides service throughout the organization on a 24-7 basis. Management Information Systems currently supports and provides resources for all departments at MMH, the Brasher Falls, Norfolk, and Louisville Family Health Centers, Levine Outpatient Clinic, Kids Korner Pediatric Center, and the Dialysis Center. The Information Systems Department is committed to providing its users with accurate and useful information in a format which will assist them in the performance of their job duties.
“The department continually monitors our efforts by enhancing our systems through education, communication and collaboration with both users and staff members,” said Jana Grose, Information Technology Department Director. “This recognition of MMH being one of the Most Wired Hospital’s in 2011 is not just an IT award, but is a credit to all MMH employees; it is also recognition to the super users within the departments. MMH is proactive in the field of IT in bringing better healthcare to the seaway valley and a thanks to the hospital’s Board of Managers, Administration and the employees for letting us do our job to meet this goal for our healthcare team.”
In the last year, the Information Systems Department has installed Meditech’s Bedside Medication Verification Module (BMV), where clinicians can use Bar Coding to verify the “Five Rights” of medication administration (i.e. patient, medication, dose, route, and time) to ensure the highest degree of patient safety. In addition, the Electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR) was installed, which serves as a single source from which care providers can view and document all medication administrations. Both Bedside Medication Verification and Electronic Medication Administration represent a move toward a complete electronic medical record.
Also, the new interactive website, www.massenahospital.org, was designed offering convenient tools such as online pre-registration, bill pay, apply for a job online, search for a physician, and patient education. All meaningful use requirements that we have implemented and are implementing improve quality of care and patient safety goals. Some of the new equipment that was instrumental with these implementations was the deployment of mobile medication carts along with the Code barcode scanners. New tablet PC’s are being tested and will be an integral part of implementing Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE), which allows physicians to enter orders directly into the computer rather than handwriting them for others to process. The Information Systems Department has made significant gains toward meeting Meaningful Use with the implementation of Bedside Medication Verification, Physician Office Integration, and ongoing training with Clinical Review and Computerized Physician Order Entry.
