Making the
Rounds
MEDITECH's physician rounding solution places patient data in
the palm of Norman Regional Hospital physicians' hands.
(6/16/2010)
MEDITECH recently sat down with Phil Raffa, director of
client services for physician products, who discusses the benefits of smart phones in the care setting, and how
customers can get on board with this advanced technology. We're
now excited to share with you the success one of our
customers, Norman Regional Hospital (Norman, OK), is having
with MEDITECH's Pocket PC (PPC) solution.
Here, Brian Yeaman, MD, chief medical information officer at
Norman Regional, discusses some of his favorite qualities of
MEDITECH's PPC solution.
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| "Norman Regional has
about 80 physicians and hospitalists using
MEDITECH's PPC solution across all hospital
departments, including OB-GYN, Pediatrics,
Internal Medicine, and surgery. We are using
the Apple iPhone to access patients' EMR data." |
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| "MEDITECH's physician
rounding solution provides our physicians
with quick, clean access to patient
information and lab results, from anywhere,
at anytime. Now, I am able to make more
informed decisions on care plans, and am
aware of my patients' conditions even when I
am not at the hospital." |
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| "For any hospital looking
to implement PPC, I would advise that
physicians get engaged from the start,
particularly in determining which smart phone
device will be used. The solution is
intuitive and easy to use, so training is
virtually nil, but we clearly communicated
the steps to get our physicians set up. We
provided them the URL, username, and password
credentials, and away they went!" |
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| "Honestly, PPC is one of
the best products that MEDITECH has made
available to physicians—its quick access
and convenience really helps our physicians
appreciate the impact technology has on
patient care, and MEDITECH's ability to
deliver a robust EHR. Our physicians find PPC
tremendously helpful while on call or
preparing for rounds the next day." |
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MEDITECH
Medical
Information Technology, Inc.
MEDITECH Circle
Westwood, MA 02090
781-821-3000
www.meditech.com