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St. Jude Medical (St. Paul, Minnesota) reported several new products that it says provide physicians and hospitals with the opportunity for improved efficiency and information connectivity in the electrophysiology (EP) lab. The EnSite Connect Remote Support feature, EnSite Courier Module, EnSite Velocity v2.0 software and recently launched EnSite Derexi Module are advanced technologies that allow a streamlined workflow within the EP lab, according to St. Jude.
Millions of people worldwide are affected by abnormal heart rhythms, creating an ongoing need for diagnostic mapping and ablative technologies. St. Jude says its new product offerings allow for a simplified diagnostic and treatment process, added safety and the potential for reduced treatment time for the patient.
“Improving procedural workflow is an important way to help improve efficiency and manage the cost of delivering care,“ said Jane Song, president of the St. Jude Medical Atrial Fibrillation Division. “Our streamlined EP lab offerings provide advanced technologies that optimize interconnectedness and continue to move St. Jude Medical toward our ultimate goal of providing hospitals with fully integrated and networked EP labs.“
According to the company, EnSite Velocity v.2.0 software adds new features and enhanced performance to the EnSite Velocity System, which launched in 2009. EnSite Velocity v.2.0 is designed to help physicians more efficiently diagnose and guide therapy to treat abnormal heart rhythms.
EnSite Connect remote support improves lab efficiency by providing live, real-time viewing of the EnSite Velocity System screen by knowledgeable support staff, St. Jude says. Through the use of a secure Internet connection, EnSite Connect support allows for rapid troubleshooting, system diagnosis and resolution of technical issues, eliminating the need for electrophysiologists to download and save case logs for off-site analysis.
The EnSite Courier Module is designed to seamlessly import cardiac information and provide efficient networking of cardiac images such as MR, CT and 3-D rotational angiography. This networking software provides more control for the EP lab to efficiently obtain cardiac datasets when and where electrophysiologists need them, according to St. Jude.
The recently launched EnSite Derexi Module contributes to the overall connectivity of the EP lab by providing improved efficiency and workflow, enabling communication between the EnSite Velocity Cardiac Mapping System and the EP-Workmate Recording System.
In other HIT news, QuadraMed (Reston, Virginia) said that Providence Care (Kingston, Ontario) selected its electronic health record (EHR) solution, QuadraMed Computerized-Patient Record (QCPR), to further advance quality of care and drive regional patient data sharing for roughly 117,000 residents of Kingston, Ontario.
Providence Care will implement QCPR, QuadraMed Enterprise Scheduling (QES) and QuadraMed Electronic Document Management (QEDM) at St. Mary's of the Lake Hospital (144-bed hospital); Mental Health Services (198-bed hospital); Providence Manor (243-bed long-term care home); and 18 community locations across southeastern Ontario.
QCPR is an enterprise-wide EHR solution that helps healthcare organizations to meet American Recovery and Reinvestment Act meaningful use objectives and improve patient safety and care through its closed-loop medication management, computerized physician order entry, clinical decision support, and integrated laboratory and radiology management systems.