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Pediatric Departments Streamline Processes with Horizon CardiologyMarch 30, 2011 |
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New McKesson Capability Adds Unique Fetal to Adult CVIS Technology With its new 12.2 software release, McKesson’s Horizon Cardiology ™ is the industry’s only cardiovascular information system ( CVIS ) system that offers a single database, including hemodynamics, and presents the entire patient history from fetal to adulthood. To improve clinical evaluation of fetal and pediatric patients, the new release also allows physicians to switch between different Z-score datasets while reporting on a case. Pediatric and fetal measurements can now be compared with normative datasets from Children’s Hospital of Michigan 1 and Children’s Hospital Boston. Mercy Children’s Hospital, part of Mercy health system in Toledo, Ohio, and OSF HealthCare System in Peoria, Ill., provided significant input into the development of the new McKesson CVIS release to meet the needs of their respective pediatric populations. Earlier this year, OSF HealthCare System in Peoria, Ill., went live with the technology in the congenital heart center of Children’s Hospital of Illinois at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center. Jitendra Shah, M.D., professor of clinical pediatrics at University of Illinois College of Medicine and a pediatric cardiologist at the Children’s Hospital, has already experienced a significant improvement in how cardiologists access and review echo studies and generate reports. “The ability to view historical congenital echo images, reports and trends of measurement Z-scores at the same time as the current patient information is a big advantage to our workflow,” said Dr. Shah. “Now, we can present this information throughout the enterprise, enabling us to improve the coordination of patient care.” Users can instantaneously see updates to patient records made by other care providers, in addition to simultaneously reviewing previous and current studies of any modality. This capability is achieved through McKesson’s design – a single database which stores all cardiovascular images, reports and waveforms in one location from modalities such as echocardiography , vascular ultrasound, cardiac and vascular catheterization, nuclear cardiology and ECGs. Mercy Children’s Hospital, a McKesson customer for the last decade, added pediatric echocardiography in April 2010 and has achieved 100% physician adoption. Previously, it took two to four days from the time images were acquired until a pediatric report was signed by a physician. With Horizon Cardiology, the job of the physician at Mercy Children’s Hospital became much easier, and the average report generation and distribution time is measured now in minutes. “In the past, completing a report required a number of manual steps, which lengthened the procedure cycle,” said Gary Butchko, M.D., clinical assistant professor and a pediatric cardiologist, Mercy Children’s Hospital. “With Horizon Cardiology, I can review, report and sign a study in any convenient location – even from home. This increases the number of pediatric reports I can read each day and gives me more time with my patients.” “McKesson recognizes that fetal, pediatric and adult congenital patients require that cardiologists use specialized tools and workflows,” states Kevan Torgerson, president of Medical Imaging Group at McKesson Provider Technologies. “With this release of Horizon Cardiology, we are serving the unique needs of this pediatric cardiology community, enabling better and safer decisions in caring for these special patients.” About Mercy Children’s Hospital Mercy Children’s Hospital is a member of Mercy, a not-for-profit health system in Northwest Ohio dedicated to improving the health of people in its communities with emphasis on its 155-year mission of caring for all in need. Mercy is composed of Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center, Mercy St. Charles Hospital, Mercy St. Anne Hospital, Mercy Children’s Hospital, Mercy Tiffin Hospital, Mercy Willard Hospital, Mercy Hospital of Defiance, Mercy & University of Toledo Life Flight and Mercy College of Northwest Ohio. Please visit www.mercyweb.org for additional information regarding Mercy. About OSF OSF HealthCare, owned and operated by The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, Peoria, Illinois, includes OSF Healthcare System consisting of seven acute care facilities, one long-term care facility and two colleges of nursing. It also has a physician organization, employing more than 500 physicians in various specialties and nearly 50 mid-level providers which are part of the OSF Medical Group. OSF HealthCare owns an extensive network of home health services known as OSF Home Care Services and also owns OSF Saint Francis, Inc., comprised of healthcare-related businesses, and OSF Healthcare Foundation, the philanthropic arm of OSF Healthcare System and OSF Home Care. About McKesson McKesson Corporation, currently ranked 14th on the FORTUNE 500, is a healthcare services and information technology company dedicated to helping its customers deliver high-quality healthcare by reducing costs, streamlining processes, and improving the quality and safety of patient care. Over the course of its 178-year history, McKesson has grown by providing pharmaceutical and medical-surgical supply management across the spectrum of care; healthcare information technology for hospitals, physicians, homecare and payers; hospital and retail pharmacy automation; and services for manufacturers and payers designed to improve outcomes for patients. For more information, visit http://www.mckesson.com . 1 Michael D. Pettersen, MD, Wei Du, PhD, Mary Ellen Skeens, MS, and Richard A. Humes, MD, “A Regression equations for calculation of Z-scores of cardiac structures in a large cohort of healthy infants, children, and adolescents: an echocardiographic study.” Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography Vol. 21(8), August 2008, pp. 922-34.
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