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| Release Date: 2/21/2005 |
| Headline: Microsoft recognizes Alamance Regional as a national leader |
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Microsoft recognizes Alamance Regional as a national leader.
Alamance Regional Medical Center’s efforts to use technology to provide the best possible patient care have been honored by the Microsoft Corporation and the Microsoft Healthcare Users Group (MS-HUG).
Alamance Regional was named by the corporation as the top hospital in the country for use of Microsoft technology in the healthcare industry. The annual MS-HUG awards recognize significant contributions being made by organizations and individuals to improve the quality of patient care.
Alamance Regional’s computerized physician order entry system (CPOE) is just one of the reasons why the hospital was selected. CPOE provides Alamance Regional physicians with real time access to patient records and clinical data. Physicians are able to evaluate patient information and place orders on the computer before making their rounds, leaving them more time for patient visits and time spent at the bedside.
Less than five percent of hospitals nationwide use a CPOE system, and Alamance Regional’s was one of the first in the country. The system greatly benefits hospital patients with built in safety checks and clinical resource information. Gone are the days of nurses and pharmacists trying to decipher doctor handwriting. Terri Andrews, RN, MBA, Clinical systems manager at Alamance Regional, says, “If there is an issue with an order, a drug, or even insurance coverage, alerts are flagged on the screen immediately.”
Alamance Regional Cardiologist Ken Fath helped spearhead the effort to get physicians to use CPOE. Dr. Fath says, “Participation for physicians for the hospital’s CPOE is voluntary, but more than 75 percent of our orders are entered through the computer. Those numbers are remarkable, putting Alamance Regional as the top community hospital in the country in terms of doctors using this technology.”
Physicians from many nationally recognized teaching hospitals including the Cleveland Clinic, visit Alamance Regional regularly to see how the system works and could help improve their patient outcomes.
Drexel DeFord, Chairman of the MS-HUG advisory committee says Alamance Regional, and other healthcare organization participating in the awards program, are leading the way for dramatic change in the healthcare industry. DeFord says, “By honoring these individuals and organizations each year, we demonstrate how technology can be leveraged to improve overall quality and effectiveness of patient are- something that is top of mind for all of us.”
The annual MS-HUG hospital of the year award was presented Tuesday, February 15th, at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s annual conference in Dallas. Alamance Regional’s CPOE was also demonstrated at Microsoft’s booth at the conference.
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