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- Apollo / Multiple LUMEDX Products
- Imaging & Complete CVIS
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- Quality
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 Real-Time Data Collection Results in Significant Quality Improvements
- Data collection streamlined and integrated into clinical workflow. Resources once devoted solely to chart review and abstraction have been re-purposed. Moreover, data is available immediately; Mercy can run its own reports for review and analysis to identify areas for improvement.
- Door-to-balloon time reduced. Examining their own data has enabled Mercy to reduce their door-to-balloon time from over two hours to well under 90 minutes on average.
- Highly engaged clinicians and staff. Doctors, nurses and staff at Mercy are very aware of what data reveals about care quality. Now they are reaching out to their larger community—hospitals, paramedics, EMTs and other caregivers—to address how they can all work together to improve delivery of care in the region.
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 Heart Institute Introduces New Software to Support Electronic Data Management in Anticoagulation Clinics
- Multi-Clinic Integration. Users from all seven clinics have access to
patient information and plan of care. This data is available 24 hours a
day, seven days a week.
- Greater Efficiency. The flow of data is streamlined, reducing the
average time it takes from initial finger stick to clinical care plan from
several days to just over four minutes.
- Enhanced Flow of Data, Improved Patient Safety. Immediate
access to complete patient data reduces the risk of incorrect dosing
adjustments.
- Prepared for Newest JCAHO Requirements. VMMC is ready to
meet new JCAHO requirements for reducing the likelihood of patient
harm associated with the use of anticoagulation therapy.
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 Providing Leading-Edge Care with CardioPACS Multi-Modality, Web-Enabled Imaging
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Quick Access to Images via Streamlined Image Management. CardioPACS has made images instantly available for retrieval and review, even when they have been archived. Images from disparate legacy systems and across different clinical areas have been pulled into CardioPACS, offering physicians immediate access from single workstations.
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Comprehensive Patient Information at the Point of Care. Because CardioPACS is a multi-modality system, physicians and other clinicians get a comprehensive view of the patient. Doctors can review images from different tests and procedures at one time and thus make better-informed patient care decisions.
- A Modern Workspace. Deployment of CardioPACS digital imaging has allowed the Heart and Vascular Institute at Providence Everett to remove outdated image libraries that had been crowding the hospital. A single storage facility is now used for archived images dating back to 2002.
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 CardioSchedule Electronic Scheduling Helps Wake Forest Baptist Maximize Resources, Minimize Chaos and Elevate Patient Care
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem features one of the busiest heart centers in the region. To facilitate communication among its high-volume clinical areas, the Cardiovascular Information Systems department has introduced automated, real-time scheduling.
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Maintain High Quality Care with High Patient Volume.
The Heart Center at Wake Forest Baptist draws patients from all over North Carolina and western Virginia. On average, the cardiac catheterization lab (Cath Lab) sees 2500-3000 patients a year; over 2200 electrophysiology laboratory (EP Lab) procedures are performed a year; and 85-100 Echocardiogram (Echo Lab) procedures are performed each day. Despite the high volumes, each patient receives top-quality care, earning the Heart Center national recognition.
- Connect Users and Foster Communication.
The Cath, Echo and EP labs’ decentralized schedules are viewable throughout the hospital, facilitating crystal-clear communication. Staff and clinicians know where their patients are, when their patients are ready for a procedure and which other procedures the patient has scheduled—all in real time.
- Maximize Resources.
Since scheduling is shared and accessible to clinicians, schedulers and other staff, labs are able to maximize the number of procedures they perform in a day. Staff and physicians spend less time running around playing catch-up and more time providing excellent care. Additionally, supervisors and managers can view resource-utilization reports for rooms, clinical devices and staff, enabling more effective utilization based on volume tracking.
- Cultivate a Calm, Professional Environment.
The busiest departments in the Heart Center have transparent, real-time scheduling, and therefore overhead paging is minimal. This contributes to a remarkable level of focus at Wake Forest Baptist: on the procedure, on the diagnosis, on the patient.
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 Cardiology Information Systems Provide Iowa Health - Des Moines & Specialty Cardiology Offices with Fingertip Access to Scheduling & Patient Data
Fully integrated systems enhance communication across multiple campuses and offices, supporting continuity of care while maintaining HIPAA compliance
- Connecting Remote Users, Sites: Iowa Health - Des Moines' remote users—two campuses with multiple floors, departments, and specialty cardiology offices—seamlessly access the cardiovascular information system.
- Facilitate Communication & Continuity of Care: The cath lab's schedule is shared throughout the campuses, ensuring seamless care. Patients are prepped and ready for procedures on time and the ICU/CCU is prepared post-procedure.
- Facilitate Continuity of Care: Physicians and caregivers can view the patient's full cardiovascular medical record concurrently, ensuring continuity of care.
- Save Time for Physicians & Staff: By giving physician's offices access to the cath lab schedule, Iowa Health - Des Moines has cut down on the number of phone calls to the cath lab.
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 Elimination of Transcription Results in Lower Costs, Fewer Delays & Greater Access to Patient Reports
- Transcription eliminated: Physicians, nurses, and technicians complete patient reports directly in Apollo Advance—ending the cost, delay, and errors associated with transcription
- Reporting integrated into workflow: Data entry follows the unique workflow of each department—data can be interfaced in from the hospital information system, entered by technicians while the patient is prepped and during procedures, and then completed by the physician at case end.
- 24/7 access to patient information: Patient history, procedures performed anywhere in the healthcare system, and current patient reports can be accessed through Apollo, Epic, or CardioChart. This accessibility enables physicians and other caregivers to provide the highest quality care, based on up-to-the-minute patient information.
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 Quality Core Groups & IT Initiatives Support Evidenced-Based Medicine & Best Practices
- Quality Core Groups Drive Improvement Cycles: Aurora's quality core groups ensure research and outcomes results are put into action as best practices at the heart centers. Through quality improvement initiatives, Aurora has cut post-op sternal wound infection in half, improved average door-to-balloon time by 43%, decreased blood utilization by 50%, and much more.
- Multi-City, Multi-Hospital Data Integration: Aurora integrates data from several hospitals in the Aurora System, utilizing interfaces to connect hospital information systems and medical devices to the central database. Data integration allows physicians to access patient reports through the Cerner patient documentation system, and enables quality managers to analyze data from each of the different sites.
- Intelligent, Workflow-Focused Deployment: Aurora rolls out each solution in stages, thoughtfully implementing each piece of the CVIS for smooth implementation across campuses. Solutions can be built upon in the future, such as the addition of wireless tablet technology planned for this year.
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 Data Integration & Quality Assurance Programs Reduce Complications & Mortality Rates
- Lowered Mortality Rates: Hillcrest reduced their Overall Cardiovascular Surgery mortality by 65% and Coronary Bypass Surgery by 67%.
- Pre-risk assessment protocols: The lowered complications and mortality rates can be directly attributed to the concentrated focus on the pre-risk assessment protocols, which enables physicians and nurses to identify high-risk patients and take steps to reduce their risk before surgery.
- Continuing Staff Education: Hillcrest uses Apollo data and reports together with protocols to educate staff and incoming physicians of quality improvement initiatives.
- Physician Credentialing: Hillcrest utilizes Apollo to quickly compile the necessary data for applications for physician credentialing.
- Center of Excellence: Hillcrest used their Apollo database to complete a 27-page application to become a "Center of Excellence" with United Healthcare.
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 Montefiore Medical Center Receives Top Honors for Treatment of Life-Threatening Emergencies
- Alliance for Quality Health Care Honor Roll: Montefiore gives patients high quality care in life threatening emergencies. The accessibility of the electronic medical record (EMR) is key to giving physicians a complete picture of the patient's condition in seconds.
- Half a Million Dollar Savings per Year: Using Apollo to monitor and understand inventory has enabled Montefiore to better negotiate with vendors and realize an ongoing savings of $500K per year.
- Capture Missed Charges & Shorten the Revenue Cycle: Montefiore used Apollo to standardize their registration process by capturing insurance, demographic, and procedural information for complete charge capture and billing.
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 CHOA Builds a Comprehensive, Customizable Congenital STS Module to Improve Patient Care
- Evidence-Based Medicine: The Congenital STS Module improves the quality of patient care through the use of STS Registry benchmarks and evidence-based medicine.
- Complete Congenital Solution: By adding 25 additional fields to those defined by STS, Children's has a more complete, patient-focused congenital database.
- Patient Snapshot: Physicians can view procedural, surgical, and demographic data in one place, using Web-based technology.
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 Center of Excellence, the Heart Institute of Spokane Continues to Enhance Practice Using Apollo
"In using Apollo, our vision was to work with the physicians to track information that would directly and significantly improve their practice"
For over 40 years, breakthrough innovation and vigorous leadership in cardiac care and research have been hallmarks of the Spokane, Washington cardiology community.
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 Apollo Helps Danada Wellness Center Deliver More Personalized Treatment, Reduce Manual Procedures, Improve Documentation
The Danada Wellness Center of Central DuPage Hospital in Wheaton, Illinois, features state-of-the-art facilities and trained staff — including physicians, RNs, exercise physiologists, registered dietitians and respiratory therapists — to aid patients in cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation.
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 Customization Enables Mt. Diablo Medical Center's Cath Lab to Record Results Faster and More Accurately at the Point of Care
JCAHO Awards Cath Lab Department Report Best Practice
Innovative customizations to Apollo has enabled Mt. Diablo Medical Center Cardiovascular Services to streamline workflow in the Cath Lab, promoting faster data collection and recording while eliminating duplicate efforts — all done at the point of care to ensure accurate data.
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Apollo's Powerful Capacity for Customization Enables Massachusetts General Hospital to Improve Data Collection and Data Integration for ACC Participation
Apollo's capacity for customization by end users is among its chief strengths. No Apollo user is more aware of this then Doctor Eugene Pomerantsev of the Cardiology Division at Massachusetts General Hospital, whose own enhancements to Apollo have made ACC participation far easier, faster and more accurate as compared with previous years.
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Apollo's Imaging and Data Management Solutions Provide Atlanta Medical Center With Breakthrough Competitive Advantages
With its laser-like focus on technology and digital flexibility, Atlanta Medical Center's Cardiac Services offer cardiologists a number of compelling and competitive advantages.
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 Using Apollo, Data Collection Projects That Once Took Up to Six Months Have Been Reduced to One Week - Mercy Heart Institute
"Apollo has been a tremendous tool in helping Mercy Heart Institute to collect, store and analyze data, facilitate research efforts, and generate final physician reports," according to Domenic Marks, an IT Project Leader at the Institute.
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 Florida Hospital Uses Apollo's Inventory Module To Handle Its Olympic Volume of Cath and EP Lab Activity
Distinguished as the largest heart program in Florida, and one of the three largest in the nation, Florida Hospital generates Olympic-caliber statistics...Florida Hospital implemented the Apollo Inventory Module in the last quarter of 2001.
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 Apollo With Speech Recognition Technology Enables Physicians to Generate Reports Faster and With Less Effort
A physician's effort to increase efficiency lead the Cardiology Department at Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Temple, Texas, to incorporate speech recognition technology into Apollo, enabling physicians to generate reports faster and with less effort.
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 Bay Medical Center Cardiac Surgery Program, Panama City, Florida, Keeps on Top of Patient Care Using Apollo's Powerful Analysis and Reporting Tools
Manager of Cardiac Performance Improvement offers sage advice on how to start a process improvement program using statistical analysis
Office walls that are densely populated with Apollo data analysis reports and graphs speak volumes to Pam Spires' commitment to using statistical studies to ensure quality patient care, promote efficiency, and optimize staff utilization. Pam is the Manager of Performance Improvement, Continuing Medical EducationCompliance plus oversees the statistical responsibilities of the Cardiac Surgery Program at Bay Medical Center, Panama City, Florida.
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