Micromedex CareNotes System Available Within the MEDITECH Health Care Information System (HCIS) in 2010
Ann Arbor, MI January 19, 2009 — Thomson Reuters and MEDITECH have collaborated to offer the Micromedex CareNotes® System content integrated within four applications of the MEDITECH Health Care Information System (HCIS) — Emergency Department Management, Physician Care Manager, Oncology, and Patient Care System.
Hospitals use CareNotes, one of the Micromedex clinical evidence solutions from Thomson Reuters, to provide patients with educational information about all aspects of their care and health.
MEDITECH customers will be able to add CareNotes content within their workflow late in 2010, streamlining the process of finding, delivering, and documenting personalized and relevant patient education in the hospital.
The new offering combines solid integration technology with the most trusted patient education content available to help clinicians provide patients with evidence-based, understandable, and accurate materials about their conditions, medications, treatments, post-discharge activities, and ongoing care.
MEDITECH customers will be able to seamlessly connect clinicians directly to relevant, evidence-based Micromedex education content at any point in the care process. This enables physicians, nurses, and pharmacists to help their patients take a more active role in their recovery, all without disrupting their workflow.
“Integrating CareNotes into the MEDITECH system gives our customers direct access to a leading content suppliers’ comprehensive patient education materials without leaving their clinical system or altering their workflow,” said Hoda Sayed-Friel, vice president of marketing at MEDITECH. “This new offering will allow our customers to meet strict patient education guidelines and establish an electronic audit trail, all while providing patients easy-to-understand information regarding every aspect of their care and health.”
The Micromedex CareNotes System supports every step in the continuum of care, from pre-admission through inpatient, discharge and post-discharge care. With topics including diet, exercise and disease prevention and a host of “how-to” documents, CareNotes empowers patients to actively participate in their care, all while helping to meet Joint Commission and OBRA ’90 patient education guidelines.
“Access to fully integrated patient education materials from within the HIS environment is increasingly important to hospitals,” said Thomas Hegelund, executive vice president in the Healthcare & Science business of Thomson Reuters. “By working closely with MEDITECH we will be able to offer seamless access to CareNotes evidence-based patient education materials. When deployed, MEDITECH customers will have the highest quality education materials for their patients, readily accessible by clinicians from within their clinical workflow.”
MEDITECH
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