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Communication is a critical component
in the delivery of high quality healthcare.
Ensuring up-to-the-minute patient medical history is readily available to every care provider for the patient
leads to improved patient outcomes and reduced costs.
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The Notifi Intelligent Communication
Engine improves
care team coordination, enhances
patient and
clinician satisfaction and reduces costs.
Click here to learn more how
Notifi can help you.
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Despite the proliferation of technology such as electronic medical records (EMR),
computerized physician order entry (CPOE) and clinical information applications
such as radiology, laboratory and cardiology information systems, communication
and patient handoffs continue to be a major challenge. In many cases these technologies
further impede effective, relevant and timely communication of critical and
beneficial information to the correct patient care provider or even
communications directly to the patient. Standardizing effective communication solutions will be critical to
healthcare executives as they drive to meet Meaningful Use requirements, adapt
to reduced reimbursement rates and move towards Accountable Care Organizations.
Consider the following facts and click here to learn how the Notifi Intelligent
Communication Engine solves these and other communication challenges across the
continuum of care.
| 65% of sentinel events occur due to a lack of timely and
effective communication. |
| Joint Perspectives on Patient
Safety |
| Lack of effective care coordination led to an estimated $36
billion in waste and unnecessary care contributed another $356 billion in waste in 2010. |
| A Path to Eliminating $3.6
Trillion in Wasteful Healthcare Spending; Thompson Reuters |
| A typical 500 bed acute care hospital will experience an
annual economic burden of about $4 million due to wasted physician and nurse
communication. |
| Quantifying the Economic
Impact of Communication Inefficiencies in US Hospitals; Center for Health Information and Decision Systems |
| The average caregiver must interact with 229 physicians from
117 practices. |
| Direct Project Enjoys Growing
Popularity; Healthcare IT News |
| There is a gap between policy-makers’ expectation of, and
clinical practitioners’ experience with, current electronic medical records’
ability to support coordination of care. |
| Are Electronic Medical Records
Helpful for Care Coordination? Experiences of Physician Practices; Ann S. O’Malley, Joy M. Grossman,
Genna R. Cohen, Nicole M. Kemper and Hoangmai H. Pham |
| Providers did not acknowledge 18.1% of alerts pertaining to
abnormal imaging results and 10.2% of abnormal laboratory alerts. Furthermore,
approximately 8% of abnormal imaging and 7% of abnormal laboratory results
lacked timely follow-up at 30 days. Thus, despite delivery of test results
directly to a clinician’s EMR Alert window, abnormal results did not always
receive timely follow up.
Participants expressed concern about both the total number of alerts and the
proportion of notifications perceived as unnecessary. |
| Understanding the Management
of Electronic Test Result Notifications in the Outpatient Setting; BMC Medical Informatics and Decision
Making |
| Almost half of surveyed care providers believed that a
dedicated central alarm management system is helpful in disseminating alarm
information to caregivers. Fifty-four percent support the integration of alarm
information with communication systems (e.g., pagers, cell phones). Most
respondents agreed or strongly agreed that nuisance alarms were problematic
(81%), that they disrupt patient care (77%), and that they can reduce caregiver
trust in alarms/alerts. |
| Impact of
Clinical Alarms on Patient Safety; American College of Clinical Engineering
Healthcare Technology Foundation |
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