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Saint Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ, has partnered with McKesson to deploy electronic health records (EHRs) and connect physicians across multiple care settings, from hospital to home. An expansion of Saint Peter's strategy to improve the quality and safety of care, this technology investment is designed to enable participation in a community health information exchange (HIE). In addition, the hospital expects to qualify for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) incentives.
As part of the new agreement, the 478-bed teaching hospital will work with McKesson to deploy its Horizon Clinicals software throughout the hospital over the next 18 months. Among the technologies to be adopted are computerized physician order entry (CPOE), patient records, bar-coded medication administration and electronic documentation of patient care. In addition, the hospital will deploy an enterprise patient care visibility solution to give clinicians an easy way to track patient status.
To cost-effectively manage its information technology system, Saint Peter's has chosen to use McKesson's remote hosting services. The offering will provide the hospital with superior application management, datacenter, business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities.
"This agreement marks an important step forward for Saint Peter's that will enable us to provide state-of-the-art tools for our clinicians," said Frank DiSanzo, vice president and chief information officer, Saint Peter's Healthcare System. "Because of our strong track record working together, we are confident that McKesson will give us the ability to better manage resources and ensure that each patient receives the very best care as they move through our hospital."
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