ABSTRACT
Strokes account for 1 of every 18 deaths in North America, and remain a major burden cost-wise and clinically for societies globally. Quicker and more clinically astute care for stroke leads to improved outcomes for the patient, families and the healthcare system at large. The intervention shared illustrates how a locally-programmable EMR with inherent community-wide communications capabilities leads to proven better outcomes for all. The impacts range from initial hospital encounter through acute-care treatment, and then more broadly into post-discharge care community-wide. Implications for all healthcare communities are established.
Subject(s)
Continuity of Patient Care/economics , Decision Support Systems, Clinical/economics , Electronic Health Records/statistics & numerical data , Hospitalization/economics , Stroke/economics , Stroke/therapy , Community Health Centers/economics , Community Health Centers/statistics & numerical data , Decision Support Systems, Clinical/statistics & numerical data , Electronic Health Records/economics , Humans , Information Storage and Retrieval/methods , Quality Improvement , Stroke/mortality , Survival Rate , Treatment Outcome , United States/epidemiologyABSTRACT
The power of interoperable systems with data/information integration, central to achieving the goals of Telehealth, is illustrated through mutually beneficial sharing between Labor & Delivery (L&D) and Obstetrics (OBs) Clinics. Data shared between L&D and OB brought improved practice patterns and outcomes, and increased satisfaction at both. Staffing and skillsets were significantly improved by knowing complications arriving and anticipated volumes. OBs increased clinic efficiencies and improved patient-direct care time with improved clinical and cost outcomes.
