Physicians and residents-in-training in three emergency departments of Genesys Health System in Michigan have disposed of their Dictaphones and voluminous paper charts. They now document patient information electronically with
T-SystemEV, the electronic charting, tracking and laboratory retrieval system by
T-System Technologies, Inc.
Genesys Regional Medical Center
in Grand Blanc, and two smaller emergency campuses in Flint, totaling
84,000 annual patient visits, implemented
T-SystemEV this week.
"It was a real pleasure working with this group. They've done a great job," said Mike Scott, VP of Deployment Services, referring to the health care and information technology staffs at Genesys. He added, "All the physicians have a positive attitude and are really excited about electronic applications."
Hank Landsgaard, D.O., FACEP, emergency department faculty member, listed some goals for implementing
T-SystemEV. "We're looking for a less expensive way to document. We wanted better documentation, better reimbursement and no overtime," he explained. In addition, the E.D. is working toward improved integration with the larger hospital information system.
The sites have been live with
T-SystemEV for a few weeks, and according to Landsgaard, "We're making the transition. We're still working on a few issues." He reports the two satellite emergency centers, Genesys East Flint and Genesys West Flint, are catching on fastest due to lower acuity. Some benefits of
T-SystemEV were seen right away. "The documentation turnaround time is now immediate and there are no stacked charts," Landsgaard noted. "Thirty seconds after completing documentation, it goes to the hospital information system."
Mike Scott reports additional positive feed back from they facility's medical records department. "They're happy about going paperless with
T-SystemEV for several reasons. They no longer have files everywhere, and they're pleased to get timely charts that are much more legible. They used to have incomplete patient files on hand for two weeks or more.
T-SystemEV helped eliminate that."
Genesys Regional Medical Center
is a 379-bed teaching hospital, affiliated with Michigan State University
College of Osteopathic Medicine. It offers numerous physician training
programs including emergency medicine and family practice. It is
also an Emergency Medical Technician training center.
Genesys Health System, a member of Ascension Health, is a group of affiliated medical campuses, outpatient centers, primary care locations and ancillary health care organizations dating back 80 years. Ascension Health was created in 1999 from a union of the Daughters of Charity National Health System based in Missouri and the Sisters of St. Joseph Health System in Ann Arbor, Michigan. United they formed the largest not-for-profit health system in the United States.
T-System Inc. and
T-System Technologies, Ltd., headquartered in Dallas, Texas, provide innovative medical documentation solutions designed to enhance documentation quality and clinical efficiency.
T-System products and services are used by 2,700 hospitals and clinics worldwide, including 65 installations of
T-SystemEV E.D. information system,
T-System for Emergency Physicians,
T-System for Emergency Nurses and
T-System for Primary Care. For more information, visit
www.tsystem.com, or contact Joe Lastinger at (800) 667-2482.
