THE IT&S 2015 ANNUAL REPORT

2015 Accomplishments
PatientKeeper is developing the first version of the front end to
HCA’s electronic health record (EHR), which currently features
an intuitive, physician-facing user interface. By bringing together
data from HCA’s EHR transactional layer (MEDITECH) via bidirectional
interfaces, this first iteration of the front end aims to
immediately improve overall user experience while simultaneously
establishing our platform for the future. This year, PatientKeeper
INTEGRATING SYSTEMS
PREPARING FOR BROADER
teams have been collaborating with pilot physicians in two
By mid-year, integrations
DEPLOYMENT
facilities, JFK Medical Center (East Florida Division) and Summit
between PatientKeeper and
Projected timelines have been
impact, modern functionality
Medical Center (TriStar Division), in the use of CPOE, NoteWriter,
MEDITECH were established
adjusted based on current
to providers and should
Medication Reconciliation, E-Signature, and Patient List (version
and tested. While our initial
knowledge, and PatientKeeper
have a relatively short, cost-
2). CPOE, NoteWriter, and Patient List are also available in an
assessment projected that
teams are assembling toolkits
effective implementation.
enhanced mobile application for iOS; Android will be available
system integration would
for deployment. Work will
For providers who already
later this year. Overall initial feedback from pilot physicians has
progress quickly, there were
continue in the first half of
use PatientKeeper Physician
been positive, with caregivers citing a short learning curve, a more
some additional integration
2016 to expand the use of the
Portal and/or PatientKeeper
modern and intuitive EHR interaction, and strong potential for the
requirements that needed
full PatientKeeper Advanced
Charge Capture, the addition
mobile capabilities.
addressing to maintain
Clinicals product at our pilot
of PatientKeeper NoteWriter
HCA’s current advanced
facilities JFK and Summit.
could offer significant
BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE
clinicals workflows for non-
Following that, PatientKeeper
workflow advantages.
Although PatientKeeper has enjoyed early success with
PatientKeeper users. Along
will be deployed to a selected
physicians, there have been a variety of areas that
the way, we found a few areas
set of additional hospitals in
required further development for HCA’s scale and
for process improvement
our East Florida and TriStar
scope. This led to an investment in a new hardware
and are applying them going
Divisions. A PatientKeeper
infrastructure to host the system and a series of
forward. While maintaining
NoteWriter pilot is also
product enhancements to better match the system
momentum and confidence
planned to offer physicians
with the electronic workflows already in place at HCA.
in our strategy, our goal is to
this important functionality
A notable impact of this is that the 20,000-plus read-only
deploy PatientKeeper as fast
ahead of the full CPOE rollout.
PatientKeeper portal and mobility healthcare providers across
as responsibly possible.
NoteWriter offers high-
HCA will see improved response times and additional functionality.
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