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 John Schroeder, professor of cardiology, takes advantage of a new hospital training program to "ramp up" on his computer skills to be ready for Physician Order Entry, scheduled to go live in October. Physicians can soon use their office computers to learn how to retrieve information on their patients electronically when Stanford Hospital's new Enterprise Clinical Information System (ECIS) "goes live" on Oct. 3. Suzanne Taylor, a registered nurse who leads the education effort for ECIS, said the system will initially offer results reporting, followed early next year by another enhancement, Physician Order Entry (POE). The latter will enable physicians to enter their orders directly into the computer. The web-based training , starting in September, is designed to be accessed by physicians at their own convenience using common Web technology Ñ the latest version of Internet Explorer. Physicians who prefer personal assistance can attend drop-in labs at the hospital, which will be staffed 12 hours a day in September. Specific hours and locations will be announced in August. "Physicians should be able to complete their education modules in about an hour. The program will show them how to navigate in the system, find their patients using personal patient lists and view specific demographics. They will be able to review lab, pathology, radiology and transcription reports," said Taylor. When ECIS and POE are fully implemented, physicians working at any UCSF Stanford location will have immediate access to a complete record of care, she added. ECIS, supported by vendor IDX LastWord, replaces the non-Y2K compliant SMIS and Clinical Database (CDB) information systems. The system will eventually be implemented at the other UCSF Stanford sites, Taylor said. The system will help support integrated care programs such as pediatric and transplant services that span locations and clinical departments. In addition, POE and ECIS will be fully integrated with the new inpatient pharmacy system. Physicians will receive drug interaction warnings and patient allergy alerts automatically, Taylor noted. Presentations about the new systems are scheduled through the end of July at physician
department meetings and at new physician computer orientation. An additional presentation
is slated for the chief residents' luncheon in August. Information will also be
disseminated through mailboxes, newsletters and For a preview and more information about the Enterprise Clinical Information System, visit the project website: http://shs-web.stanford.edu/lastword. |
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