EPIC Systems Answers The Call To Reduce Hospital Readmissions

Hospital readmissions have been identified as a costly drain on health care system dollars.  Law makers have inserted legislation in to The Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act H.R. 3590, sections 2717 and 3025 and H.R. 3962 Section 1151 to guide payers (insurance industry) and providers (clinics, hospitals, nursing homes) toward the goal of reducing hospital readmissions.

Health planners have reviewed hospital data to determine a cardiac diagnosis of congestive heart failure can be one of the lead indicators for readmission.  Identifying a patient population that will need extra help is not beneficial to medical staff who are trying to keep up with a larger number of patients.  The patient population needs extra help and so does the medical staff.

The solution is EPIC Systems of Verona Wisconsin.  EPIC unifies the serving disciplines through electronic health records in creative ways.  All disciplines linked in to the same electronic health record has been instrumental in reducing hospital readmissions. Now the entire team serving the person being treated for congestive heart failure is coordinated electronically.

Medical staff having access to the patients electronic record means face to face visits address real time issues.  Extensive teaching is included in each face to face visit.  Medical staff can view ongoing service even after the patient is on to another provider for care. 

Improved communication means medical staff are no longer practicing in the bubble, but now collaborating with all involved providers.   The EPIC electronic communication improves the efficiency in the way care is being delivered.   The EPIC electronic communication system helps staff manage administrative cost and reduce unnecessary medical interventions.   Having a current overview of the care as it unfolds allows staff a longer window to intervene  with each prevention opportunity.

As rural hospitals have been growing to call themselves Health Care Centers,  EPIC Systems is the Wisconsin Company connecting the individual providers to better serve the surrounding community.

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