Case study
Mobile Enabling Electronic Health
Record (EHR) Systems
Table of Contents
01 Introduction 01 02 03 03 About Endeavour 04eMDs Rounds – The Solution
Services Offered by Endeavour-The Mobility Company The Mobile Solution - e-MDs Rounds®
Mobile EHR Solutions
MOBILE ENABLING ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD (EHR) SYSTEMS
Mobile Enabling Electronic Health
Record (EHR) Systems
According to the BMJ (formerly known as the British Medical Journal), physicians walk six miles per day, or more when they are on call while they make their rounds through the hospital to treat patients. Nurses, though typically working in an assigned unit, still log an average of two to three miles per day, according to a study published by Kaiser-Permanente. Given the mobile nature of work involved in the healthcare services, there lies a high degree of demand for mobile access of patient information.
Many organizations such as Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Health, Partners HealthCare and the Veterans Administration have recognized how mobile tools can improve the delivery of care.
“The highly collaborative and
mobile nature of clinical teams
makes investment in clinical
mobility solutions essential to
meet the intense demands
being placed on healthcare
providers today. The efficient
flow of information is critical for
effective communication among
care team members, which
impacts quality of care and
patient safety along with staff
productivity.” - IDC Health
Insights Report
Introduction
1
Mobile EHR Solutions
In response, leading software vendors such as Epic, GE Healthcare, Allscripts, McKesson and NextGen are developing mobile solutions for their customers. Several vendors are gaining market advantage with new mobile solutions.
The solution delivers a unique
User Experience (UX) while
incorporating considerations
related to mobile device form
factor and ergonomics
eMDs Rounds – The Solution
Mobile EHR solutions improve the delivery of care for physicians by providing:
e-MDs Inc., a leading developer of integrated Electronic Health Records and practice management software for physicians and enterprises, engaged Endeavour-The Mobility Company to develop a mobile application for iPhone & iPad that extended a physician’s reach beyond the office. The e-MDs mobile EHR solution needed to provide real-time access to an entire patient chart including medications, symptoms lists, lab and other results, vitals, immunizations, and clinical reminders. Endeavour assisted e-MDs in developing a mobile application which creates a unique User Experience (UX) while incorporating considerations related to mobile device form factor and ergonomics. The primary end users of the application are physicians & clinical staff. They, traditionally, have been the target audience with very specific and challenging requirements related to their clinical practices.
Access to Information – Convenient, out of office, access to real-time patient summary information
Fast Communication – Mobile communication with care teams and hospital emergency departments
Mobile ePrescribing – Mobile tools enabling e-prescribing on the go
Reliable Documentation – Documentation can be captured at the point of care
Productivity - Anytime access to task lists including medication refills and lab results
Charge Capture - Improved charge capture while making hospital rounds or when a doctor is outside of the practice area
Services Offered by Endeavour-The Mobility
Company
The Mobile Solution - e-MDs Rounds®
Patient Summary
e-Prescribing
Endeavour’s team of mobility specialists worked with the e-MDs team in Austin, TX to help them take decisions on the phasing of the EHR functionality to a mobile platform. Endeavour helped e-MDs with the overall mobility application design and security framework. Endeavour assisted e-MDs in the following areas:
e-MDs Rounds® allows physicians to view patient data and schedules at the point of care. Rounds® facilitates the capture of charges, and the viewing of lab results. Furthermore, physicians can write prescriptions and exchange messages internally with staff. These functions are described in detail in the following section.
3 MOBILE ENABLING ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD (EHR) SYSTEMS
Requirements/Phased Application Development Planning
Mobile Application Strategy
Mobile Application Design & Architecture UX Design
Security Design/Development Integration
Improved medical decision making with real-time access to the current information on patient records Ability to review patient summary while speaking with patient (available on iPhone only)
Allows viewing, editing & updating of Patient Chart Components
Maintaining of visit notes information for future references
Complete Prescription Writing Capability Internal Messaging amongst Physicians Information Sharing
Scheduling
Access to Physician Schedules Pending Appointments
Managing Rooms
Room Management Room Status Manage Orders
About Endeavour
Endeavour is a specialist mobility company and has been exclusively focused on mobile solution development since 2002. Based on our growth over the last decade we are confident that our role as the Mobility Services Company that acts as the “Mobility Integrator” to enterprises is critical to the enterprise mobile ecosystem. Our vision is to be the world's best "Mobility Integrator", and our strategy is to do this by
With over a decade of proven mobility expertise, enabling award-winning customer deployments, Endeavour is evolving into one of the largest independent enterprise mobility companies globally.
Enabling our People. By enabling our people to keep pace with the latest in mobility technology and become thought leaders in their areas of specialization
Helping Customers. By proactively going to our customers and helping them drive business value from Mobile enablement.
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