The ED team at Paoli (Pa.) Hospital has helped the department go live with an online documentation system.
On May 27, the Paoli (Pa.) Hospital ED became the first of three Main Line Health EDs to go live on the Electronic T-System, an online documentation system that spans the entire patient experience, from triage to discharge.
The new documentation system is chief-complaint driven, which supports the way ED care is delivered. The system includes physician and nurse charting, patient status board, discharge instructions, prescription writing, auto faxing to referral physicians, and statistical reporting.
“This excellent documentation tool allows for a more complete report of the patient’s clinical course and allows for the management of care to be much more easily transferred to their family physicians,” said Steven Gamburg, MD, medical director for Paoli’s ED.
The T-System is interfaced with the patient registration system, displays order statuses from both radiology and lab, and sends out the final clinical report to SmartChart. Users have reported the new system is intuitive, legible, significantly reduces paper usage and waste, and has promoted a more efficient workflow.
The ED at Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood, Pa., was scheduled to go live Aug. 25, and Bryn Mawr (Pa.) Hospital’s ED is planning to implement the system Oct. 6.
Teri Seiter is system administrator, clinical technology at Paoli Hospital.
The new documentation system is chief-complaint driven, which supports the way ED care is delivered. The system includes physician and nurse charting, patient status board, discharge instructions, prescription writing, auto faxing to referral physicians, and statistical reporting.
“This excellent documentation tool allows for a more complete report of the patient’s clinical course and allows for the management of care to be much more easily transferred to their family physicians,” said Steven Gamburg, MD, medical director for Paoli’s ED.
The T-System is interfaced with the patient registration system, displays order statuses from both radiology and lab, and sends out the final clinical report to SmartChart. Users have reported the new system is intuitive, legible, significantly reduces paper usage and waste, and has promoted a more efficient workflow.
The ED at Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood, Pa., was scheduled to go live Aug. 25, and Bryn Mawr (Pa.) Hospital’s ED is planning to implement the system Oct. 6.
Teri Seiter is system administrator, clinical technology at Paoli Hospital.
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