Timely notifications provided by McKesson’s Horizon Care Alerts™ computerized nursing documentation system cut through the reams of results that a clinician must review each day, identifying patient safety concerns or deviations from standards of care. The Horizon Care Alerts™ rules-based, clinical decision support system improves health care quality by continuously monitoring patient data against specific conditions.

The system provides timely, role-based warnings that help clinicians “connect the dots” and ensure efficient responses to changing patient conditions. Organizations can define rules for alerts or reports based on specific conditions. Rules, written in industry-standard Arden syntax, are easily shared across institutions. System tools simplify importing of rules and editing to adapt to your organization’s needs.

Benefits

• Improves quality and safety of care by facilitating rapid clinician response to changing patient conditions
• Facilitates process change and adherence to clinical guidelines through real-time compliance reminders to caregivers
• Enhances user convenience with “smart” notification choices—messages generated can be specific to a clinical role, a department, a diagnosis or the severity of a result

Features

• Continuous monitoring of patient data against specific conditions
• Timely, role-based warnings
• Easily customized rules written in industry-standard Arden syntax
• Rapid two-month turnkey implementation