Penn State Hershey Medical Center Decreases Manual Charting Events During Surgery by 90 Percent
October 04 2010 - 8:30AM
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has bridged the gap
anesthesiologists have been battling between time spent manually
charting data points throughout surgical procedures versus the
amount of time devoted to making crucial patient care decisions.
Penn State Hershey implemented Cerner (Nasdaq:CERN) CareAware®
technology, which enables connectivity between devices and the
electronic health record (EHR), and Draeger anesthesia machines and
monitors to dramatically decrease data charting events during
surgery. Prior to implementation of the CareAware technology,
anesthesia providers had to manually chart vital function data
points such as, heart rate, blood pressure and oxygen saturation,
and then adjust the patient's anesthesia level. Researchers working
with Penn State Hershey noted the following information
pre-implementation and post-implementation.
Pre-Implementation
- Anesthesia providers spent nearly 10 minutes manually charting
data points during a two-hour surgery
- Manually charted nearly 200 data points during a two-hour
surgery
Post Implementation
- Anesthesia providers spent less than 60 seconds manually
charting data points during a two hour surgery
- Manually charted fewer than 20 data points during a two-hour
surgery
Clinical workflows and decision making surrounding patient care
have benefitted significantly since the medical center has
implemented CareAware technology with Draeger anesthesia machines
and monitors.
The Results
- Spend 90 percent less time manually charting data points
- Manually chart 15 fewer data points every 10 minutes, and more
than 90 fewer data points every hour
- Spend less than one minute manually charting data points during
a two-hour surgery, as opposed to nearly 10 minutes prior to
implementation
- Manually chart fewer than 20 data points during a two-hour
surgery, as opposed to nearly 200 prior to implementation
- Total amount of time saved during a one-year span is projected
to be more than 2,800 hours (based on a total of 19,000 surgeries
per year)
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology Dr. David Fehr said,
"CareAware has allowed an anesthesia provider to pay more attention
to the patient and not to charting data. This will ultimately lead
to increased safety and a higher standard of care for patients at
Penn State Hershey."
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