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ibex Healthdata Systems Releases Latest Emergency Department Mobile Computing Technology Rosemont, Illinois
Patient safety and satisfaction, plus physician satisfaction and convenience, are considered high priorities in every busy hospital emergency department across the country. These priorities depend on providing Emergency Physicians the flexibility to order tests, review results and write prescriptions while giving them real time access to medical information as they move around the emergency department. Accomplishing that, up to now has been next to impossible. ibex Healthdata Systems of Rosemont, Illinois, the premier provider of innovative Web browser-based emergency department information solutions to the healthcare industry, has recently released the healthcare IT industry’s most innovative emergency medicine features solution specifically designed for hand held computers.
“The emergency medicine physician is always on the go throughout the department, and many are beginning to use hand held computers such as PDAs and pocket PCs to assist them in the process of diagnosing and treating patients,” says Mark D. Crockett, MD, President and CEO of ibex Healthdata Systems and a practicing emergency medicine physician. “The ability to see the status of your patients, order lab tests and see the results as soon as they are available using a hand held device is absolutely necessary in the ED when lives of seriously ill or injured patients are on the line and time is of the essence.”
Up to now, use of hand held computers has been severely limited because of the lack of availability of the desired functionalities necessary in the emergency department. “With the ability to order lab tests, write prescriptions and discharge instructions, view the tracking board, the patient charts and test results, and the ability to send a message using the latest in hand held computer technology, ibex PulseCheck® has now expanded its functionality to meet the requirements of the emergency physician,” says Dr. Crockett.
“Laptops and pen tablets are not easily portable. By putting these functions onto the pocket PC or PDA device, which most doctors already carry for personal use, we've made their job easier," says John Epler, ibex Healthdata Systems' Chief Technical Officer. “ibex PulseCheck runs on any hand held device using web-browser technology.”
ibex PulseCheck Emergency Department Information System provides a complete patient tracking system from triage to disposition, with easy complete integration with other hospital information systems; ibex PulseCheck’s nurse and physician documentation features modules provide an electronic medical record with instant access to charts. ibex PulseCheck’s users have documented millions of dollars of additional captured charges captured with PulseCheck’s charge management features. The Risk Management module provides real-time Risk Management prompting physicians and nurses throughout the documentation process.
About ibex Healthdata Systems:
ibex Healthdata Systems, Inc. was established in 1997 by emergency medicine and healthcare information technology professionals. Headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois, ibex utilizes the strength of web browsers to enhance the efficiencies of hospitals’ emergency departments. More than 2.7 million patients visiting emergency departments of 48 hospital systems representing almost 70 sites across the country are having their care tracked and documented using ibex PulseCheck. ibex Healthdata Systems, Inc. is the only supplier of Emergency Department Information Systems to VHA, an organization consisting of more than 2,200 hospital members nationwide. For further information visit the web site at www.ibexhealthdata.com.