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Orange County Health Care Agency deploys NetChemistry
HealthLeaders News Brief, May 21, 2007
NetChemistry, in conjunction with ELM Technologies, announced that the Orange County Health Care Agency has electronically linked all major hospitals in Orange County, CA using their ER Connect platform, an online patient health information database for the Medical Services for Indigents Program.
ER Connect enables ED physicians across Orange County to access MSI patient information at the point of care. ER Connect retrieves and displays a patient's prior ED visit/hospitalization, prescription history, referrals, prior diagnosis, case management notes, and soon to be available lab and diagnostic results. ED Physicians can also share notes on individual patients in real time.
"Our goal is to arm the ED Physician with as much pertinent patient information as is available to enhance their ability to treat the patient at the 'point of care'," said Dan Castillo, MSI's Program Administrator. "This system will improve the accuracy of diagnosis and treatment received, while decreasing the duplication of services and related costs."
ER Connect is one element of a five-year plan adopted by Orange County and its hospitals to reduce both over-utilization of hospital emergency departments for non-acute services and the inefficient use of medical services in the MSI program. The plan is focused on increasing the quality of life and well being of the Indigent patient, by enhancing the use of technology to manage the patient's activity within the Orange County healthcare system.
ER Connect enables ED physicians across Orange County to access MSI patient information at the point of care. ER Connect retrieves and displays a patient's prior ED visit/hospitalization, prescription history, referrals, prior diagnosis, case management notes, and soon to be available lab and diagnostic results. ED Physicians can also share notes on individual patients in real time.
"Our goal is to arm the ED Physician with as much pertinent patient information as is available to enhance their ability to treat the patient at the 'point of care'," said Dan Castillo, MSI's Program Administrator. "This system will improve the accuracy of diagnosis and treatment received, while decreasing the duplication of services and related costs."
ER Connect is one element of a five-year plan adopted by Orange County and its hospitals to reduce both over-utilization of hospital emergency departments for non-acute services and the inefficient use of medical services in the MSI program. The plan is focused on increasing the quality of life and well being of the Indigent patient, by enhancing the use of technology to manage the patient's activity within the Orange County healthcare system.
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