Transformational Power of Information Technology at Concord Hospital

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Transformational Power of Information Technology
at Concord Hospital
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Strategic Priorities

• Further Develop Concord Hospital as a Regional
  Healthcare Resource
• Improve Quality
• Maintain Financial Strength
• Community Connectivity
• Physician Collaboration
• Human Resources
• We leverage Information Technology to achieve
  each of these
• Strategic Priorities.

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• Millions of Dollars
• - Technical
• - Intellectual
• - Cultural
• Dozens of Applications
• Focus on two applications that have driven and
  will drive clinical transformation.
• Electronic Medical Record
• Computerized Provider Order Entry with Decision
  Support
• Both support our Quality Improvement and
• Physician Collaboration Priorities

Infrastructure
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EMR in Concord

• 200 Providers
• 350 Licenses
• Over 100,000 Patient Records
• 85 of Primary Care
• Specialties Implemented Pulmonary/Critical Care,
  Surgery, Dermatology, Allergy, OB/GYN,
  Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Dental,
  Orthopaedics, Lipid Management
• Used in Hospital-Based Diabetes Education and
  Asthma Education Programs
• Electronic Interfaces Compusense, IDX, Star
  Registration, Chartscript, STAR Radiology
  Laboratory, SCC Laboratory, External
  Transcription, Brentwood EGG

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• More Importantly
• Over 150 providers certified through
• Physician Diabetes Recognition Program
• 25 physicians certified through the
• Heart Stroke Prevention Program

• Most Importantly
• Through our experience with the EMR we
• understand what it takes to achieve clinical/
• cultural transformation

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Computerized Provider Order Entrywith Decision
Support

• Develop Vision
• Create a Sense of Urgency
• Identify Champions
• Establish a Great Implementation Team
• Dont Under Estimate the Amount of Work Involved
• Commit to the Change