CHRISTUS Health to mobilize clinical & business apps cross 40 hospitals

- Gary Thayer, Editor

Oct. 25, 2005 -- (MobileVillage) -- CHRISTUS Health -- one of the top 10 Catholic health systems in the U.S., announced today that it is deploying the PatientKeeper mobile platform to standardize clinical, business, and financial processes around MEDITECH Information Systems.

Dallas based CHRISTUS Health is a not-for-profit health system comprised of more than 40 hospitals, inpatient and long-term care facilities as well as dozens of clinics, physician offices and health care services in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Utah and Mexico. The system employs more than 25,000 associates and 9,000 physicians.

Earlier this year, CHRISTUS Health launched an initiative called the Unity Project to standardize clinical, business, and financial processes around MEDITECH Information Systems. As part of the project, CHRISTUS has engaged PatientKeeper to extend their MEDITECH systems to mobile and wireless devices such as PDAs and Smartphones.

"As part of the Unity Project, we are aggressively moving toward organization-wide clinical and data standardization where possible and appropriate," said George Conkin, senior vice president and chief information officer of CHRISTUS Health.

PatientKeeper when we first deployed it at CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital in 2002. The software integrates with MEDITECH Magic and MEDITECH Client/Server to put MEDITECH patient lists and provider groups on handhelds. The software allows physicians to auto-populate patient lists based on location and schedule, and allows them to manage the list directly on the handheld

Other MEDITECH-specific features include:

• Extension of all MEDITECH configuration parameters and administrative data to eliminate the need for redundant administration.
  
• eSignature capability that allows physicians to edit and approve documents and have them signed in MEDITECH.
  
• Medication list functionality that includes a complete history of medication administration (MAR) as well as linked and split orders.
  
• Support for MEDITECH VIP patient status so that sensitive patient identities remain hidden from unauthorized users.
  
• Support for consult orders so that providers can request a consult directly from their PDA.
  
• Single sign-on between PatientKeeper and MEDITECH, allowing physicians to use their MEDITECH credentials to access PatientKeeper.
  

For more information on PatientKeeper, see the company's summary page on MobileVillage.

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