MEDITECH and Zynx Present Strategies for Using Evidence-Based Medicine at MHDC Conference

Melissa Swanfeldt, Director, Marketing at MEDITECH, and Gregory Dorn, MD, MPH, Vice President and General Manager at Zynx Health, presented an educational session at the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium's "2006 Healthcare Information Technology Conference," on February 3rd. Titled "Incorporating Evidence-based Medicine into Practice: Innovative Approaches to Measuring and Enhancing the Effectiveness of Patient Care," the session provided insight on how health care organizations can improve clinical decision making and patient care, through the combined solutions of MEDITECH and strategic ally Zynx Health, the leading provider of evidence-based clinical support.

The presentation outlined the MEDITECH and Zynx "Blueprint for Quality," our nine-step process for successfully incorporating evidence-based medicine into practice. With the help of MEDITECH and Zynx, health care organizations first define a rigorous evidence-based approach and adopt strategies for optimizing and prioritizing the selection of rules and order sets for implementation. Also as part of this process, hospitals must achieve consensus with physicians and clinicians on guidelines, rules, and order sets. And finally, organizations can use the solution to monitor, measure, report on, and analyze the impact and results of evidence-based medicine at the point of care.

"Our clinical data and analysis tools enable customers to build an optimal knowledge system utilizing the latest medical evidence, so that organizations can adjust practices based on outcomes, and deliver the most effective patient care," says Swanfeldt. "The ability for hospitals to make more informed clinical decisions will further promote patient safety, and also improve the health care organization's efficiencies and sustainability."

Customers attending HIMSS can see this presentation firsthand. This session, which will be given by MEDITECH, Zynx Health, and Institute for Health Metrics representatives, is one of many exciting demonstrations for MEDITECH customers being held at the Marriott Gaslamp Hotel, just minutes away from the Convention Center. If you are a customer, reserve your spot for "Achieving Healthier Outcomes with Evidence-Based Medicine and Outcomes Measurement."