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Newport Hospital builds one of the most advanced EMRsHealthcare News | September 1, 2009
The healthcare industry in the U.S. is aggressively working to achieve "meaningful use" of certified electronic medical records (EMR) to receive incentive monies from CMS under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). One Siemens customer is particularly well-positioned to succeed in this effort.
Leading innovator
Newport Hospital, a Lifespan partner, used Siemens INVISION® Clinicals, a health information system developed for the U.S. market, to become a leading innovator in the application of truly interoperable, electronic healthcare delivery. Its transformation was so noteworthy that it achieved Stage 6 of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics™ EMR Adoption Model in 2008. At the time, Newport was one of only six facilities in the U.S. to receive the designation, and the hospital is well on its way to achieving the pinnacle of EMR adoption, Stage 7.
Computerized physician order entry
Another example of the hospital’s leadership in healthcare information technology is its high level of physician adoption of computerized physician order entry (CPOE). More than 90 percent of all inpatient medication orders by physicians at Newport are completed using CPOE. Not included are those that can’t be ordered through the system, such as intravenous adriamycin.
“We get emails and letters back from former residents that say they never realized how good our system was until they got somewhere that didn’t have it,” says Reid Coleman, MD, Medical Informatics Officer at Lifespan, who was instrumental in developing the overarching IT initiative across the Lifespan health system. “That’s a matter of great pride for us.”
Lifespan and Newport Hospital
Lifespan Community Health Services serves patients in Rhode Island and its surrounding communities. Its mission is to develop, implement and evaluate initiatives to improve the health status of the people in Rhode Island and southern New England. As one of Lifespan’s partner hospitals, Newport Hospital has kept pace with advances in medical technology and the needs of the community. It is a state-of-the-art, award-winning healthcare facility that offers a broad range of medical services, including emergency care, diagnostic imaging, a birthing center, behavioral health unit, comprehensive surgical services, intensive care, acute inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, and has received the coveted Magnet designation from the American Nurses Association and Baby Friendly designation from the World Health Organization and UNICEF.
