The Commonwealth Healthcare Corp is doing the final tweaks for the final rollout of its new Electronic Health Records, this time by doing a test run on both Tinian and Rota over the last week.<\/p>\n
CHCC\u2019s chief financial officer Jack Taisague disclosed that CHCC is now looking at implementing the system for both outpatient and Tinian and Rota locations.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor this reason, the chief executive officer [Esther Mu\u00f1a] sent a team this week to assess the Tinian and Rota sites and the information technology group to do a site assessment to determine the equipment needed for a successful rollout,\u201d Taisague said.<\/p>\n
He said they also needed to determine the strength of the network capabilities on both islands.<\/p>\n
The assessment reviewed the financial processes and changes that are needed to help make the EHR rollout successful. CHCC\u2019s Information Technology director Anthony Reyes checked out the operational requirements for EHR and determined the equipment needed, as well as adequate wiring for the \u201cinflux of new work stations, printers and related equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Taisague, Reyes determined that CHCC will be ready to get what needs to be taken care of and that the main issue is the strength and viability of the Internet connection.<\/p>\n
\u201cIT is working on solutions to bringing both islands online and live to the hospital\u2019s system for the first time ever,\u201d Taisague said.<\/p>\n
He said the University of Hawaii is teaming up with CHCC\u2019s staff for the implementation of the EHR system. <\/p>\n
During the assessment on Rota and Tinian, Stephanie Miyasaki of UOH was assigned to determining the workflow and operational procedures and translating the process into EHR.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe will ensure EHR workflow is optimized, efficient and conductive to their working environment. On this trip she was able to give Tinian and Rota a demo of the EHR system to give insights into the functionality and usability of the system as well as to test the network response time,\u201d Taisague said.<\/p>\n
Taisague and CHCC\u2019s billing department staff gave Tinian a glimpse of how much more efficient the processes will be under EHR and he helped implement a new electronic process to check in, admit, and track payments and to report daily and monthly back to CHCC.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe tentative intent is to roll-out the EHR on both inpatient and outpatient and on Tinian and Rota by the end of the year if all goes well,\u201d Taisague said.<\/p>\n
The project was first initiated at CHC on Nov. 3, 2013, and was primarily focused on inpatient areas. The project\u2019s first phase centered on documentation, which includes vital signs, nursing notes and physician\u2019s notes, and medication administration records, among others.<\/p>\n
The second phase was rolled out on Feb. 3, 2014, and concentrated on computerized physician order entry, which also basically allows authorized nurses to go to EHR to place medication orders when deemed necessary.<\/p>\n
At present, the hospital\u2019s laboratory unit is among the sections that now use the electronic health record system, which allows the automated transfer of records to attending physicians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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