Electronic Management Systems used in Australian Day Hospitals ADHA Conference

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1 Electronic Management Systems used in Australian Day Hospitals 2012 ADHA Conference S

2 Quick Survey S Q1. What PAS do you use? S Q2. What medical records system? Paper / hybrid / fully electronic S Q3. What software do you use for your medical records? S Q4. What other software do you use in you day hospital? S Q5. Have you started to bill health funds using Eclipse?

3 Results S Thank you to those who responded to the survey S The Champagne will be drawn along will all the other competitions S > 10% of Australian Day Hospitals responded S Interesting results

4 Q1. Which PAS? Top 3 responses S Sim Day 34% S Blue Chip 21% S epas 17% Other Systems used S Medical Wizard S IBApas S VIP.net S Profile S TotalCare Office+ S Ideas S Direct Control

5 Q2. Medical Records S Paper 38% S Hybrid paper then scanned 45% S Fully electronic 17% Whilst 17% said fully electronic, I believe that most of the them were actually a hybrid of paper that was scanned later

6 Q3. Software for Medical Records S DOX rds 38% S Blue Chip 14% S Medical Wizard 3% S Microsoft Access 3% Other Products S Direct Control S Profile S Ideas S TotalCare Dvorak

7 Q4. Other Software used? S Microsoft SharePoint internal web, document control S Total Care Lizst live video and still image capture S Austmel Meditrax sterility management S DOX tms theatre costing S Scancare theatre costing S Clinical Intelligence online questionnaires S Risk Man Risk Management Tool

8 Q5. Billing Health Funds with Eclipse? S No 55% S Yes 42% S Thelma 3%

9 Patient Administration Systems S Patient Administration Systems (often called a PAS) developed out of the automation of administrative paperwork in healthcare organisations and are one of the core components of a hospital's IT infrastructure.

10 Functions of PAS is yours working for you? S Master Patient Index S Appointment Booking S Record of Patient Activity S Billing S Reporting S Admission S Theatre Register S Patient Fee Estimation S Eclipse Billing S OEC Online Eligibility Checking S Clinical Coding

11 PAS Factors to be considered S Data migration costs and any loss of data S Purchase price and installation costs S Training S Yearly maintenance costs S Support available for your staff S Expect to pay anywhere from $20K - $60K

12 Medical Records Software what to look for S Spectrum from scanning documents to creating documents, tracking them and scanning and recognizing missing documents. S Does it store each document separately or the whole episode of care as one file? S Ease of document retrieval MRN, date of birth, Surname, Doctor, Procedure, form, Anaesthetist, demographic data

13 Eclipse S ECLIPSE is an extension to Medicare Australia's online claiming solutions and offers a secure connection between practices, public and private hospitals, billing agents, Medicare and Department of Veterans' Affairs and health funds. S It incorporates direct communication for providers with Medicare and health funds, all in the one transaction. S The name ECLIPSE is an industry coined acronym, and stands for: Electronic Claim Lodgment and Information Processing Service Environment.

14 OEC Online Eligibility Checking are you using it yet? S check the eligibility of a patient for both Medicare and health fund benefits S estimate the out-of-pocket costs for hospital services and any known medical gaps S obtain informed financial consent.

15 Eclipse What are the benefits S Faster resolution of claims and faster payment times S Clearer error messages with a single point of contact for problem resolution S Online patient verification of health fund membership S No more claims batching S One system for all health funds

16 Want to know more? S online/eclipse/index.jsp

17 What s new at the Conference Austmel - Biotrack S Endoscopy specimen tracker S Patient record with type of specimen, pathology request form and the pathology register S Saving time, reducing risk and increasing throughput

18 What s new at the Conference Dox Wristband labels & Printers S Meets all ACQSHC mandatory requirements and recommendations S Resistant to water, alcohol, sterilizing solutions, soaps and hospital chemicals S Labels only $125 per 500 or 25 cents each (replaces label and patient ID band) S Printers start at just $345

19 What s around the corner S Discussions with Medical IT S Recording of clinical indicators for all patients S Updating of data at the point of scanning S Reporting tools for indicators S Indicators can be procedure specific, across all patients

20 Thank you any questions? S Direct Control Stand 5 S Houston Medical Stand T5 S Totalcare Stand 4 S ScanCare Stand T2 S ACSS Stand T11 S Austmel Stand T26 S Medical IT Stand T40 S Don t forget to visit these Trade Exhibitors and find out how they can help you to reduce the administrative burden and save money in your day hospital