Resources
Case Studies
   
Automatic Tracking in a High Volume Emergency Department
Featured at HIMSS 2007, this case study is presented by Linda Laskowski-Jones, RN, Vice President of Emergency, Trauma & Aeromedical Service at Christiana Care Health System in Wilmington, DE. Increasing patient volumes challenged Christiana’s emergency departments’ ability to deliver care efficiently and to be prepared for mass-casualty events. New automation technologies offered the potential to increase capacity by wirelessly tracking all patient movement and their interactions with staff and mobile medical equipment. Ranked among the top 25 busiest EDs in the nation, Christiana Care Health System redesigned existing workflows and overcame staff concerns to integrate an automatic patient tracking system at Christiana Hospital.
 
Lectures
   
Patient and Equipment Tracking in the Perioperative Setting
Featured at the 2009 HIMSS annual conference, Providence Health and Services Oregon Regional Manager of Surgery Information Systems, Deborah Bahlman RN, MS, presented an overview of the implementation of the Amelior ORTracker® system in the surgical services departments at Providence St. Vincent and Providence Portland Medical Centers. Among the ROI benefits achieved were an increase of 49 add-on cases per month, a 82% reduction in phone calls and decreased OR turnaround times.
 
   
Workflow Visibility and Automation in the Emergency Department
Featured at the 2009 HIMSS annual conference, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network Chief Medical Informatics Officer, L. Albert Villarin Jr, MD FACEP, presented an overview of the implementation of the Amelior EDTracker® system in the emergency department/level 1 trauma center of Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. Among the ROI benefits achieved were reduced patient length-of-stay, patient walkouts, ambulance diversions and increased patient statisfaction. The initial year impact has been estimated at over $8.2 million in incremental reimbursement.
 
   
Introduction to Real-Time Location Technologies
This lecture is presented by Cory Wagner, Director of Product Strategy and Design, Patient Care Technology Systems. Mr. Wagner explains various RTLS Technologies using evaluation criteria such as: precision, accuracy, latency, scalability, coverage, cost and tag design.
 
   
Manage Patient Flow Better at Your Front Door... Your ED!
Featured at HIMSS 2008, this lecture is presented by L. Albert Villarin, MD, FACEP, Chief Medical Informatics Officer of Albert Einstein Health Network in Philadelphia, PA. The objective is to understand how a leading academic medical center has improved patient flow and improved the operating performance, clinical efficiency and patient safety of their emergency department through the implementation of an automatic tracking communication system. Dr. Villarin also explains the role of automatic tracking software to translate the positioning data into clinical and operational contexts that can support caregivers and better manage patient flow. He revealed how the emergency department can support enterprise-wide patient flow improvements through the integration of automatic tracking communications with hospital information systems.
 
   
Automatic Clinical Workflow (Perioperative Department)
Featured at AORN Informatics 2008, this lecture is presented by Brian Leader, VP Orthopedic and Perioperative Services, Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Allentown, PA. Mr. Leader discusses the role for workflow automation in today’s perioperative department, defines the concept of context-aware workflow automation technology, compares the types of real-time locating technologies available and identifies factors for considering what might be best for your department.
 
   
Creating the Transparent OR with Automatic Patient Tracking
Featured at the 2009 HIMSS annual conference, Lehigh Valley Health Network Vice President of Orthopedic and Perioperative Services, Brian Leader, presented an overview of the implementation of the Amelior ORTracker® system in the perioperative services department at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pennyslvania.
 
   
Advancements in OR Workflow Automation
Featured at the OR Business Management Conference in 2008, this lecture is presented by Deborah Tuke Bahlman, RN, MS, Regional Manager, Surgery Information Systems of Providence Health System in Portland, OR. Ms. Bahlman presents a profile of Providence Health in Oregon as an early adopter of perioperative workflow technology which includes their initial vision for the department, their challenges and the integration of the automatic patient and asset tracking technology.
 
   
Evaluating RFID Tracking Technologies to Improve Communication, Coordination and Workflow
Featured at HIMSS 2007, this lecture is presented by Cory Wagner, Director of Product Strategy and Design, Patient Care Technology Systems. Mr. Wagner discusses the tracking opportunities in healthcare, explores the needs that tracking solutions meet, identifies wireless technologies used for tracking via indoor positioning systems and analyzes criteria that determine which technologies best meet different needs.
 
Research
   
Quantifying the Economic Impact of Communication Inefficiencies in US Hospitals (2009)
Published by the Center for Health Information and Decision Systems, this research estimates the cost of communication inefficiencies in US hospitals at over $12 billion annually representing more than half of the average hospital margin. Solutions identified in the research include location-based technologies that would help staff identify caregivers’ locations at all times and shared communication systems that would allow nurses to identify an attending physician. The study estimates that a typical 500-bed facility stands to recoup $4 million with improved caregiver communication.
 
   
National Health Statistics Report: Ambulatory Surgery in the United States (2009)
National research published annually, this year's survey was published in January 2009. This report presents the most current (2006) nationally representative data on visits to hospital and freestanding surgery centers in the United States. Statistics are presented on selected hospital, patient and visit characteristics.
 
   
National Health Statistics Report: Ambulatory Medical Care Survey – ED (2008)
National research published annually, this year’s survey was published in August 2008. This report presents the most current (2006) nationally representative data on visits to hospital emergency departments in the United States. Statistics are presented on selected hospital, patient and visit characteristics.
 
   
Press Ganey Emergency Department Pulse Report (2008)
Based on emergency department patient perceptions of care in the calendar year 2007, this annual study includes statistics on such patient satisfaction subjects as emergency room wait times, patient care status and interactions between patients and emergency care providers to name a few. The current report represents the experiences of 1,524,726 patients treated at 1,656 emergency departments nationwide between January 1 and December 31, 2007.
 
 
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