Nov. 9, 2004
While many hospitals around the nation are just beginning to seek technology to improve patient care and business operations, Floyd Medical Center in Rome, Ga., is setting the pace for others to follow. The award-winning Medical Center will soon implement the latest in patient placement technology into its innovative healthcare model, installing a web-based system from Alpharetta, Ga.-based Patient Placement Systems (PPS).
Patient Placement Systems is a web-based application that connects hospitals, healthcare facilities and service providers throughout the patient care continuum, making the process of placing a patient from one facility into another more secure, effective and timely. From searching for the appropriate facility and transferring confidential medical information, to booking the vehicle to transport the patient and transporting the patient, PPS makes the process of placing patients completely streamlined, providing a single online, real-time solution to the entire process. The technology can help healthcare institutions reduce length of stay and help discharge planners do their job more effectively.
"One of the biggest problems that healthcare facilities are tackling today is work flow," says Allison Land of Floyd Medical Center. "Moving the patient efficiently from in-hospital care to after-hospital care means improved throughput, and allows us to serve even more patients." Land adds, "At Floyd, our mission is to be responsive to the communities we serve. We do this through a comprehensive and technologically advanced healthcare system that is committed to the delivery of care characterized by continually improving quality, accessibility, affordability and personal dignity." With the installation of the PPS Network, Floyd will be able to automate the entire process of placing patients into other facilities and managing patients who require continuing care following a hospital stay. The healthcare facility will also be able to maintain HIPAA compliance, protecting the privacy of patient's medical records through the use of innovative technology.
"Floyd Medical Center, with its foresight and commitment to quality care, is uniquely positioned to be a leader in the area of workflow efficiency by fully automating the process of moving a patient from in-hospital care to a continuing care facility," said Shane Jackson, President of Patient Placement Systems. "Floyd has the ability to serve as an example of how the patient placement process should and could work." Jackson continues, "We are excited to have this opportunity to partner with a healthcare institution that is dedicated to providing comprehensive, technologically advanced health care, and look forward to seeing Floyd's success using the PPS Network."
Patient Placement Systems digitally connects the hospital and other healthcare facilities involved in the process of referring and transferring patients from one facility to another through the PPS Network. The PPS Network improves information flow and communication so that each party involved in the transfer of a patient has the information they need, when they need it. PPS is built with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) .Net. Learn more about Patient Placement Systems at www.patientplacement.com.
Floyd Medical Center is a 304-bed, full-service acute care hospital and regional referral center with its own rehabilitation facility, assisted living facility and patient transportation equipment. Floyd has more than 400,000 patient encounters annually, and has served the healthcare needs of Northwest Georgia and Northeast Alabama for more than 60 years. The healthcare facility uses the latest technology to support centers of excellence in trauma and emergency care, along with specialties in pediatrics, rehabilitation, surgery, cancer, diabetes, home care, hospice, neuroscience, orthopedics and cardiology. Floyd has twice been named Georgia's Healthcare Employer of Choice, as well as Georgia's 2002 Large Hospital of the Year. Floyd was also named one of six national Success Story winners by Press Ganey, the nation's leading hospital customer satisfaction measurement group, for its achievement in customer service. For more information on Floyd Medical Center, visit www.floyd.org.
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