DETROIT – Compuware Corporation on Tuesday announced that its Covisint subsidiary will electronically connect hospitals in Michigan’s thumb region to enable the secure sharing of patient info electronically.
Covisint has dubbed the initiative the Michigan Thumb Health Information System (THIS). Participating THIS hospitals will initially include Deckerville
Community Hospital, Harbor Beach Community Hospital and Mercy Hospital-Port
Huron.
The scope of this initiative is intended to more than
Double – growing to several other critical access and tertiary hospitals in
the region. Additionally, THIS has been scalably designed, meaning that
the network will be expanded to later include access to and from other
regional healthcare systems.
“Physicians and hospitals together face a common goal: providing the
best care to the patient,” said Ed Gamache, CEO Deckerville and Harbor
Beach Community Hospitals. “It’s a bonus when the best way to provide the
best care is also the most efficient and effective way. Covisint enables
physicians, healthcare systems and even healthcare regions to achieve a new
level of integration and an outstanding level of care while reassuring
patients that their information is safe, secure and accessible.”
Different healthcare systems often use different technologies, meaning
that providers also must view patient information on unfamiliar screens.
These translation challenges can cause confusion, delays and other problems
in delivering quality patient care in a timely fashion. Covisint addresses
this, enabling access to each hospital’s electronic medical records that
translate clinical and administrative patient information from multiple
systems into a single and familiar view. This is particularly important for
patients being transferred between hospitals, as in the case of Michigan
Thumb Health Information System. These hospitals have the option to simply
view the patient’s information or to store it into their own electronic
medical record (EMR), and physicians will be able to easily print desired
information.
“Covisint is technology-neutral, which is key to integrating multiple
technologies with multiple healthcare systems regardless of size–rural,
metropolitan or otherwise,” said Brett Furst, Covisint Vice President of
Healthcare. “This partnership shares real-time patient information and
positions these hospitals with fingertip access to the latest data they
need to do their jobs successfully.”
Covisint also recently announced partnerships electronically connecting
physicians to healthcare information in Michigan, as well as statewide
backbones in Minnesota and Tennessee. These partnerships improve the
delivery, security and efficiency of healthcare information as society
moves toward reducing the burden and inefficiencies associated with
paper-based systems, which, according to many estimates, still account for
approximately 75 percent of all recorded healthcare data.
Learn more about Covisint at Covisint.Com
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