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Article: Provider Promulgates Patients' Progress: A delivery system uses tracking software to keep families and staff informed of surgical patients' whereabouts.(technology)
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- Health Data Management
- Article date:
- May 1, 2004
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There's only one thing more stressful than undergoing surgery and that's waiting for someone undergoing surgery. Family members and friends wait anxiously, often unsure about when a procedure begins, when it ends and where the patient is at any point along the way.
For five surgical units across Fairview Health Services those patient surgery mysteries are history. Now family and friends can view a patient's progress on a monitor, following the patient from pre-op to post-op to care unit to discharge.
The patient tracking system improves patient satisfaction-via real-time communication-and operating efficiency, and enables process analysis, says Kelly ...