Select An EHR For Quality, Safety, And Fiscal Responsibility
By Wendy Grafius, contributing writer
The Valley Hospital selects EHR for solution that provides tools deliver safe, coordinated care
The Valley Hospital, of Ridgewood, NJ, has selected MEDITECH’S 6.1 EHR for use by its 900+ physicians to enhance patient safety and quality of care. The implementation includes lead adoption of the new CCU/ICU applications as well as physician, nursing, clinical departments, surgical services, revenue cycle, patient portal, and general financial applications.
A long-time customer of MEDITECH, Valley Hospital’s two-year selection process included executive visits from MEDITECH leaders. Additionally, officials from Kootenai Medical Center in Idaho and William W. Backus Hospital in Connecticut met with Valley Hospital’s physicians, sharing their experience in meeting clinical goals through the MEDITECH EHR.
“Our EHR evaluation was very involved and after careful consideration, we decided to continue our 20-year relationship with MEDITECH’s new and exciting 6.1 platform,” said Eric Carey, VP for information systems and CIO at Valley Hospital. “We wanted a solution that would excite our clinicians and provide them with the tools to carry out our mission to deliver safe, coordinated, and high-quality care for the members of our community. The partnership and value MEDITECH brings to the table stood out to our selection committee and Board of Trustees.”
Implementation of the new EHR system will begin this year. The platform features a new READY implementation plan, with pre-built evidence-based and expert-based standard content and physician support from MEDITECH’S staff of physicians, consultants, and application analysts. “We are 100 percent committed to quality and patient safety,” said Carey. “Couple that with cuts in reimbursement as a result of the Affordable Care Act, and MEDITECH was the obvious choice. The company shares both our mission and our responsibility to the patient community to do what is fiscally responsible. We look forward to continuing our relationship with MEDITECH.”
Valley Hospital is a 451-bed acute care nonprofit hospital which serves residents of 32 towns in Bergen County and the surrounding area. A leader in the field of cardiology services, cancer diagnosis and treatment, maternity and fertility, critical care, breast health, dialysis, and pediatric intensive care, Valley Hospital is the second busiest hospital in New Jersey, based on admissions, with one-third of annual admissions for same-day services. With a Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission, the facility has a reputation throughout northern New Jersey for medical and technical excellence and has reached HIMSS Analytics Stage 6 designation. J.D. Powers and Associates’ Distinguished Hospital Program has recognized Valley Hospital for service excellence for ten consecutive years and the American Nurses Credentialing Center has designated it a Magnet facility for nursing excellence.
SOURCE: PRWeb