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PubMed1998

Gotta have IT.

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PubMed1998

A patient-centric approach to telemedicine database development.

Computer and telecommunications technologies have unleashed a wide range of powerful tools for gathering, storing, and distributing patient information. Computerized records enable healthcare providers to rapidly access patient data and to closely monitor patients from a distance. These significant advantages can be further extended by using the technology to more fully involve patients in their own healthcare management. A patient-centric approach to telemedicine means that the patient takes on additional responsibility and control, and the benefits from increased patient involvement will translate into improved compliance, reduced litigation, lower costs, and better outcomes. Furthermore, there are often important ethical questions that are best decided by the informed patient. Patients have a right to know what information is being gathered and who will be authorized to access that information. Current health information systems do not adequately address these issues, and telemedicine applications--particularly home based telemedicine--is forcing everyone to take a closer look at patients' roles in their own healthcare. In this presentation, a patient-centric home telemedicine database is described, the limitations are discussed, and future directions are proposed.

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PubMed1998

Perfusion services national process improvement benchmarking.

The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations recommends national and regional benchmarking in the quality improvement process. Benchmarking is comparing your organization's patient care process outcomes to the best. This communication describes a national benchmarking process for peer comparison of indicators in perfusion patient services process improvement. A databasing communication aplet was designed to facilitate national benchmarking as part of a larger perfusion service management software application. When patient information is entered in the patient database post precedure, patient-specific numeric data and 'yes'/'no' queries are entered at the clinical site. At any time, the local perfusionist system manager may transmit their own data and receive national database group results by modem and a 1-800 phone number. Local indicator outcomes are compared to national results. Strategies are employed to assure that institution and patient name remain anonymous and institution specific data are stored at the clinical site. Participating institutions employ an e-mail aplet to discuss and decide which indicators to employ as a group. Nine institutions have contributed outcome data for more than 6,425 cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) procedures to a national database for ten months. National and institutional means for six discrete CPB outcome parameters are compared. The percent 'yes' responses to four procedure-related questions are compared. Joint Commission recommended benchmarking is accomplished while patient care is improved by comparing outcomes.

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PubMed1998

Deploying an HMO's data warehouse.

Kaiser Permanente says it has saved millions of dollars and improved the quality of care with information from its data warehouse. Here's how Kaiser implemented the warehouse four years ago, and how it uses it today.

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Innovators 1998. Going with what works.

At Scott & White Hospital and Clinic, physicians still dictate their clinical information for transcription. But Internet technologies enable easy access to electronic records.

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