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Frimley Park Hospital manages critical care with Picis software
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18 February 2009
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Surrey, UK, has
selected the Picis CareSuite integrated software for its surgical,
anaesthesia and critical care areas. These areas are the source of the
majority of hospitals’ costs, and are also the most labour and
resource-intensive.
Large amounts of critical data are generated around these high-acuity
patients, putting intense pressure on staff to keep patient records
updated while at the same time providing high quality care.
The Picis software allows staff to automate the clinical and
administrative documentation and care process electronically — enabling
seamless transfer of this high-acuity data across care areas as the
patient progresses along the critical pathway. It also permits
clinicians to optimise the use of resources such as nursing staff,
supplies and operating theatre schedules.
“Having seen the capabilities of the Picis solution in operation at
William Osler Centre in Canada, we were convinced that it would deliver
enormous benefits at Frimley Park,” said Andrew Morris, chief executive
of Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
“Picis CareSuite helps clinicians deliver safer patient care to the
most critically ill patients by reducing transcription errors and
providing access to previous patient visits. In addition, the system
will allow us to operate more efficiently and make best use of our
theatres and clinical staff. The surgical and nursing teams immediately
recognised the benefits of this system; it’s versatile and
user-friendly, and helps address the inherent vulnerabilities of
paper-based records in these critical arenas, namely, safety, accuracy
and efficiency.”
"From the clinicians’ perspective, this technology truly addresses an
unmet need in the hospital. Picis provides an intuitive, accessible
information system that will enable us to effectively manage resources
in the critical care arena, and its data management and display
capabilities are extremely powerful. This is a tool that will be of
great benefit to clinical teams throughout this part of the hospital,"
said Loua Shaikh MD, consultant anaesthetist/intensivist at the Trust,
and lead clinician on the project.
Frimley Park is installing several modules of the Picis CareSuite
family of high-acuity solutions, each automating individual units within
these critical environments: Critical Care Manager, PACU Manager,
Anesthesia Manager, Theatre Manager, SmarTrack, and the Extelligence and
Picis Perioperative Dashboard analytics tools.
The systems will enable the clinical staff to automate documentation
of care along the patient encounter through the perioperative and
critical care areas without having to manually re-enter data, helping to
reduce the potential for errors. By improving information, analysis and
business performance in these areas, Frimley Park can become more
efficient and competitive.
In addition to automating information management in the perioperative
and critical care space, Picis systems interoperate with other hospital
information systems — helping to play a critical role in the progression
of electronic health records.
“We’re delighted that Frimley Park has the vision to understand the
power of an integrated information system for the high-acuity units of
the hospital,” said Liz Popovich, executive vice president of
international operations at Picis. “Providing the best care for these
patients requires a specialised information management system that helps
mitigate errors and potential problems, and helps senior clinical staff
to maximise throughput and contain costs in these areas.”
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