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St. Peter's Hospital of Albany Improves Core Measures Processes
Monday, October 13, 2008
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomson Reuters announced today
that St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, NY, has significantly improved its core
measures processes -- such as increasing its discharge instruction compliance
for heart failure patients from 85.4 percent in first-quarter 2007 to 100
percent in first-quarter 2008.
St. Peter's Hospital, part of St. Peter's Health Care Services of Albany,
is one of only 10 hospitals in the nation named for eight years as a Thomson
Reuters 100 Top Hospitals(R): Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success winner.
These achievements resulted from a series of initiatives put in place by
St. Peter's to improve patient safety and the quality of care while improving
clinical outcomes. As part of its comprehensive clinical quality improvement
program, St. Peter's implemented the Clinical Xpert(TM) CareFocus(TM) solution
from Thomson Reuters.
CareFocus, an extension of the Clinical Xpert Navigator solution, gives
clinicians access to patient data via Palm, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry(R)
smartphones as well as through a Web portal. CareFocus enables clinicians to
build clinical profiles to identify high-risk patients from within the entire
hospital census based on combinations of their medications, lab and radiology
results, vital signs, diagnoses, observations, active orders, demographics,
and other transcribed reports.
By applying profiles against clinical patient data, CareFocus provides
real-time identification of patients with core measure conditions,
co-morbidities, high-risk medication profiles, and other high-risk conditions
- before their conditions become more serious. Patients who meet the
hospital's preset criteria are automatically segmented into lists that are
delivered via Clinical Xpert(TM) Navigator to the individual clinician's
desktop or handheld device. By identifying these high-risk patients early,
hospitals can significantly improve clinical outcomes while reducing
mortality, length of stay, and the increased costs associated with treating
complications.
"St. Peter's is proud of our outstanding achievements in cardiovascular
health. Our nurses, in collaboration with our IT staff, have worked diligently
over the past two years to improve patient outcomes," said Amy Seymour, RN,
director, medical cardiology. "Using clinical profiles from CareFocus for AMI
and heart failure identification, as well as for medication screening, has
been a key component of our overall clinical quality improvement program. We
look forward to adding more surveillance profiles to this automated process in
the near future."
Kelly Remancus, RN, and Kristen Cumoletti, RN, will present the results of
the St. Peter's Hospital clinical performance improvement initiatives at the
upcoming American Nurses Credentialing Center National Magnet Conference on
October 16 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Their presentation is titled "Nurse
Champion Innovations: Examining and Improving Core Measure Performance for
Cardiac Patients."
About Thomson Reuters
The Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters produces insights, information,
benchmarks and analysis that enable organizations to manage costs, improve
performance and enhance the quality of healthcare. Thomson Reuters is the
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by the world's most trusted news organization. With headquarters in New York
and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota, Thomson Reuters employs
more than 50,000 people in 93 countries.
About St. Peter's Health Care Services
St. Peter's Health Care Services (SPHCS) of Albany, New York, was
established by the Religious Sisters of Mercy in 1985 with components that
date back to 1869. Led by St. Peter's Hospital, a 442-bed acute care facility,
the SPHCS system also includes: St. Peter's Hospital Foundation; St. Peter's
Addiction Recovery Center (SPARC), a 40-bed addiction services center; Our
Lady of Mercy Life Center, a 160-bed residential care facility; St. Peter's
Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, a 160-bed skilled nursing facility; Mercy
Cares for Kids, a child day care center; The Community Hospice, serving
patients in residential facilities, hospitals and at home in six counties; and
St. Peter's Auxiliary, Inc.
With 4,500 employees throughout the system and a budget of more than $450
million, St. Peter's Health Care Services is the region's fourth-largest
employer. In recent years, the St. Peter's Hospital has earned several top
national and state honors for its overall care, cardiovascular care, patient
safety and nursing services.
SOURCE Thomson Reuters
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