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ISH Leads Reading Hospital to
Successful Perioperative Go Live on Picis
West Orange, New Jersey - August 15, 2004;
ISH today announced the successful go live of
the Picis OR Manager and SmarTrak applications
at The Reading Hospital and Medical Center, West
Reading, PA. The go live is the culmination of
a strategic initiative to improve physician satisfaction
and workflow efficiency of Perioperative Services.
Reading previously engaged ISH to create a "Roadmap
to Benefits Realization" to transition the
replacement of the legacy perioperative information
system into an enterprise-wide IT-Enabled Business
Strategy for Perioperative Services. The "Roadmap"
included the creation of a future state business
model, definition of specific operational and
financial ROI, software selection, and a detailed
task and resource plan for the implementation.
The implementation included new processes and
functionality for PAT, Scheduling, ADT communication,
and the OR Supply Chain, which included an Item
Master interface to support, case costing. Also
incorporated into the project were the implementation
of a new Rules Based Scheduling process, real
time patient flow management using SmarTrak, Preference
Card build, and Custom Reporting / Information
Access. Phase II implementation will include clinical
documentation for PAT, Pre-op, Intraop, and PACU
plus optimization of a fully automated communication
process enabled by SmarTrak.
"Reading truly took a business focused approach
to selecting and implementing Picis. Within weeks
of go live they have already experienced a 50%
decrease in internal phone calls for add-on cases
and have their first true case costing information,”
stated John Marchisin, Executive Vice President,
ISH
About Reading
The Reading Hospital and Medical Center is a not-for-profit
healthcare center providing comprehensive acute
care, post-acute rehabilitation, behavioral, and
occupational health services to the people of
Berks and adjoining counties. The 567-bed is a
state leader in surgical volume, with more than
26,000 surgeries, of which more than 60% are performed
on an outpatient basis.
About ISH
Since 1989 ISH has been a premier provider of
strategic IT and logistical planning, management,
education and implementation services to the Healthcare
industry. They have partnered with some of the
largest facilities in the country, and their people
are respected professionals and thought leaders
from throughout the Healthcare field.
Contact: John Amoscato
Phone: 800-284-8018 ext 242
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measurable results look to ISH. |
