integrating cpoe orders - a guide to moving mountains

Healthcare Automation: Revolutionizing How You Work

Integrating CPOE OrdersA Guide to Moving Mountains

Key Topics

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• Why companies are successful using Boston WorkStation

• Design Clinicals• Challenges • Before & after Boston WorkStation• Results and achievements

• Closing Thoughts• Questions & Answers

Key Topics

Why companies are successful

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We revolutionize how healthcare works

• Error-free automation for every healthcare application

• The most sophisticated automation platform to meet the changing needs of the entire organization

• Experts in enterprise automation• Largest customer base: hospitals & partners• Market leader• Global presence 

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• Many systems: HIS/EHR require vendor involvement• Unreliable or cumbersome integration• Costly implementation• Slow development

Challenges of Integration

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• Leading workflow automation platform• Works when other approaches will not• Does not require HIS/EMR involvement• Speeds implementation time• Reads, writes, and reacts to application screens

• Automate manual tasks• Last mile of integration• Distribute results

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Design Clinicals

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• Software should make patient care better, not get in the way of it

• MedsTracker Medication Reconciliation and CPOE

• Implemented at hospitals and clinics across the US

Design Clinicals

MedsTracker ®

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• Physicians place medication orders in MedsTracker, and the orders are entered into the hospital’s pharmacy system

• Entering orders manually is inefficient and prone to user error

• Small hospital customers may not have pharmacy staff available 24/7

• Inbound HL7 pharmacy interfaces oftendo not exist

The Challenge

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• Electronically-generated Physician Orders were documented in a report (PDF)

• MedsTracker Orders Report was routed to pharmacy system for viewing

• Pharmacy personnel reviewed and manually entered the orders into their system

Before Boston WorkStation

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• Electronically-placed Physician Orders are sent to pharmacy system as XML

• Boston WorkStation enters the orders into the pharmacy system just as a human would enter them

• Entered as unverified orders to be verified by pharmacists as CPOE orders are typically handled

Automation with Boston WorkStation

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• Excellent performance• Set of physician orders entered in just minutes

• Designed to be reliable and scalable• Manages robust error handling and notification

Benefits of Boston WorkStation

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• Reliable, scalable interface comparable to standard HL7 interfaces

• Easy to develop, easy to maintain - saving time and money

The Results

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“BWS enabled us to solve a critically important challenge of interfacing pharmacy orders for our customers while saving time and money.”- Dewey Howell, Design Clinicals

Summary

Conclusion

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• With automation and integration, better efficiencies can be realized no matter the HIS/EMR system

• Save time and money without having to execute otherwise manual processes

• Deliver against target deadlines and budgets • Integration solutions aren’t months away – they can

be days/weeks away• Break down barriers of the sales and implementation

process to drive new business

Closing Thoughts

Together, wecan revolutionize

how you workThank

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