Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Springhill Medical Center hired Eclipsys to overhaul its IT. Medication errors fell 80 percent and infection rates fell by two-thirds. ER customer satisfaction soared from 11 to 92 percent. System availability went from 56 to 99.999 percent. And the new electronic medical records helped the Alabama hospital weather Hurricane Katrina.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
What do you do when the hospital has a fiscal crisis and can’t staunch the bleeding? Some suppliers would cut off the air supply when the money ran out. But not Eclipsys. It lowered its monthly fees until the hospital recovered, putting patient safety before profit.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
More Americans die from medical errors in a hospital than from car accidents. El Camino Hospital cut its medication errors 20 percent through technology, thanks to its IT provider Eclipsys.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Word of mouth in the healthcare industry has spread the message: outsourcing is the best medicine to address costs and government regulations.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
CPOE is the new buzzword in health care outsourcing. El Camino Hospital \x0d\x0ainstalled a CPOE system in 1969. This case study explains CPOE’s evolution.
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