Integration of clinical workflow at the head of health it priorities

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Slide show: 17 Leading EHR VendorsDuring course of the next three years, 95% of it professionals believe that communication and workflow integration in health information systems will be a very important to address issue as delivery of health care organizations prepare to meet the demands accountable care and meaningful use.

The results come from a survey conducted by Avaya, which interviewed 130 it professionals at the Conference Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) in Orlando, Florida in February

The results of the survey, published on March 14, has also showed that 74% listed automated patient monitoring applications, and 64% note: voice, video and collaborative tools of text that important technologies which will have an impact on their work over the next three years.

According to Bruce Wallace, leader Avaya health care practice, discussions, his company has had with clients of health services reveal that clinicians want to collaborate more effectively with each other around the process of care, as they seek to improve aid decision for their patients.

"Health care is a service offered by a team, and the more team cannot answer easily face to face, whether the size of a single hospital, or nature multi-site hospital systems or the need for care must be provided through great distances" Wallace said in an interview with InformationWeek. "" "". The evolution towards responsible for health care organizations, enabled by the significant use of electronic medical records (EMR), will only broaden this need. ?

When asked what results they expect to gain from their technology investments, 74% of respondents said that they hoped that the technology would improve the quality of care and the response to the needs of patients. A full 67% said they considered mobile communications to be more beneficial for them because it has the potential to improve the patient care by improving the response time of patients.

The survey also revealed that respondents believe on video communications in the healthcare sector could make even more pernicious in two key areas - medical consultations and distance telemedicine - who tied for first place in terms of perceived impact.

Participants reflect on the obstacles to providing better care to patients, with 32% saying that clinical staff apply spend too much time performing non-patient care activities was more important to their concern. Another 25% said poor or the lack of effective communication among staff is their biggest challenge and an equal percentage of respondents cited bottlenecks in the flow of patients.

"The main challenge here is the size of change facing health care providers and their ability to work through the tasks. The adoption of technology driven by High-Tech rem was the immediate objective of many it organizations, said Wallace. "With these now well underway deployments or suppliers complete, health care can now focus on how these solutions, coupled with collaborative and integrating communications features may allow a hospital to considerably improve the efficiency.

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