TETHIC Conference to Feature EMA Clinical Information Systems

One of the upcoming highlights of The Emerging Technologies and Healthcare Innovations Congress (TETHIC) being held in Washington, D.C. in September will be Emergency Medical Associates' presentation of case studies which demonstrate the benefits of using an electronic medical record (EMR)in hospital emergency departments. David Schreck, MD, MS, FACP, FACEP and Medical Director of Emergency Medical Services, Captial Health Systems, Trenton, NJ will be presenting.

Using Capital Health System case studies, Dr. Schreck will illustrate how the use of an EMR significantly contributes toward the reduction of turnaround times (TAT's), those who left without being seen (LWOB's), time-to-physician, time-to-nurse and other factors affecting emergency departments today. EMR's also play lead roles in disease management -- the capture of patients with key disease states, i.e. diabetes, asthma, by zip code and other demographic data. EDIM is being used as a patient tracking system for the treatment of over 600,000 emergency department patients annually, enjoys 100% physician compliance and is HIPPA compliant as well.

The specific system utilized by Dr. Schreck, Emergency Department Information Manager (EDIM), has proven to be effective in increasing patient satisfaction, improving clinical outcomes, improving patient documentation/risk reduction, improving medical staff satisfaction and, over time, helping hospitals and health systems reduce costs through the management of ED data the system provides. In addition to EDIM, Dr. Schreck and Capital Health Systems have benefited from the Emergency Medicine and Analysis Reporting System (eMARS), a data warehouse with over 4 million patient encounters, unlike any data receptacle in the country. In addition to providing hospital administrators and physicians with reports which enable them to better manage their emergency department resources, eMARS is being used for syndromic surveillance and has been nationally recognized for its bio-terror capabilities.

Dr. Schreck will also be addressing telemedicine and its future, based on firsthand experience and his use of several systems. For more information about TETHIC, please contact Scott Serbin at EMA at 877 692-4665.