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Five outstanding organizations are the recipients of McKesson Provider Technologies' 2007 VIP Award, which recognizes vision and innovation in the use of information technology to improve healthcare performance. This year’s VIP Award winners demonstrated significant results and performance in the following areas: enhancing patient safety, automating manual care processes, controlling costs, improving surgical and supply chain processes, and creating greater patient access to personal health information.
Selected by a panel of independent industry experts, the 2007 VIP Award categories and winners include:
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Baptist Healthcare System, Louisville, Ky. – Like many health systems, Baptist Healthcare found itself struggling with the complexity and escalating costs for supporting disparate “best-of-breed” technologies across the five-hospital enterprise. The organization selected McKesson as a strategic partner to increase integration, reduce costs and put the right information in the right hands at the right time to improve patient care. Deploying 30 financial, analytical and clinical solutions from McKesson and optimizing those solutions with improved processes, Baptist Healthcare has saved more than $50 million to reinvest in patient care. Savings included $11 million on system maintenance and $16 million on supplies due to an optimized supply chain. To learn more, read the complete case study.
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Pikeville Medical Center, Pikeville, Ky. – Pikeville Medical Center (PMC) was working to grow from a small rural hospital into a regional medical center when it selected McKesson IT solutions to address manual workflows and inefficient processes. By implementing McKesson’s clinical solutions, PMC streamlined documentation of patient care, leading to greater continuity of care and improved clinical outcomes. Physician adoption of IT has increased by 70%, and radiology report turnaround time for remote locations improved by as much as 91%. The hospital also reduced patient length of stay and operating costs, and recently received its highest Joint Commission score ever. To learn more, read the complete case study.
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Saint Agnes Medical Center, Fresno, Calif. – Saint Agnes Medical Center faced excess inventory, inconsistent documentation of supplies, varying clinical practices, and lost charges in its surgical and supply departments. Using McKesson solutions, the medical center achieved its vision of a seamless, fully automated and integrated surgery and supply chain process. Results include standardized practices, optimized inventory management, a 20% increase in charge capture, and savings of more than $11.5 million. The medical center also improved clinical and management decision-making, leading to higher patient satisfaction. To learn more, read the complete case study.
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AnMed Health, Anderson, S.C. – AnMed Health used McKesson information technology and automation systems to achieve fully integrated, closed-loop medication management. It is now among a small percentage of U.S. hospitals with end-to-end safeguards in place – from the time the medication is ordered by the physician, verified by a pharmacist, and ultimately administered to the patient. AnMed Health first eliminated paper records and automated pharmacy operations, followed by 100 percent bar coding of dispensed medications. To unite medication ordering and clinical best practices, the hospital also deployed McKesson’s computerized order entry/decision support solution to deliver evidence-based medicine to physicians. Most of the systems are integrated into Web portal technology, which gives clinicians automatic notifications of deficiencies, key order outlines, and anytime, anywhere access to essential patient information. To learn more, read the complete case study.
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University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario – In collaboration with the Shared Information Management Services group for an unincorporated partnership for nine Toronto-area healthcare organizations, clinicians at University Health Network (UHN) developed a patient portal to enable breast cancer patients to become more actively engaged in their own care. The innovative Web portal not only provides a unified view of data across the spectrum of care, it also improves access to information and patient satisfaction. The portal also is being expanded to other patients in need of disease management services, such as those with diabetes and chronic kidney disease. The patient portal uses McKesson’s HorizonWP® Patient Portal application and its existing modules as the underlying technology platform, along with custom modules that enhanced functionality for disease management. To learn more, read the complete case study.
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