Tuesday, December 31, 2013
A SPECIAL MESSAGE TO OUR CLIENTS AND PARTNERS:
Friday, November 22, 2013
Press Release: Unibased Debuts New Release to Improve Daily Workflow, Enhance Order Tracking, and Excel Productivity with its ForSite2020® Version 7.10
Unibased Systems Architecture, Inc. (Unibased) announced today that it has released its latest software version, ForSite2020® 7.10, aimed to increase productivity, improve workflow and operational efficiency, and streamline resources for optimal coordination of care to better serve patients and physicians. Resource utilization is improved and delays are significantly reduced, allowing for more services per day and an ultimately increased bottom line.
Within the new release are various exciting new features, including enhancements to the Work Queue Management function providing automatic escalation of work lists if certain items have remained idle for a specified number of hours/days. Also available is work queue “chaining”. For example, if a patient is on a “Financial Review” work list, once the item is marked as complete, the system will automatically assign the patient to a “Contact Patient” list for the next step in the financial clearance process.
A number of new enhancements have also been added to the ForSite2020® check-in/check-out function, including a redesign of the system flow for improved daily workflow and greater ease of use. New features designed to enhance the consumer experience have been included to better coordinate and streamline the day-of-service for patients and physicians to significantly increase satisfaction, loyalty, and referrals.
Also new in the system is the enhanced ForSite2020® Faxed Order Collection Utilization & Storage (FOCUS) physician order management solution. Numerous new features have been added to ForSite2020® FOCUS to improve information gathering as well as streamline the process of making modifications to existing faxed orders – providing a quicker order-to-schedule process and increasing productivity. New sorting and tracking detail such as call history, number of calls, aging days, next call date, and comments allow the user to sort by various different criteria for advanced organization and accurate data capture.
Unibased’s unique patient portal, ForSite2020® Consumer Access & Scheduling for Healthcare (CASH), has been enhanced as well to improve consumer loyalty and increase market share. New features allow the capability to access important patient surveys as specified by the hospital to improve patient satisfaction scores and reduce costly readmission rates. Also unique to Unibased’s ForSite2020® solution is the comprehensive business intelligence tool, ForSite Analytics, which has also added a number of different valuable reports including “wait time analytics”, “case delays comparisons”, and surgical “cost/charge analysis”, all leading to improved management reporting and increased operational efficiency.
Download PDF of Full Press Release Here
Within the new release are various exciting new features, including enhancements to the Work Queue Management function providing automatic escalation of work lists if certain items have remained idle for a specified number of hours/days. Also available is work queue “chaining”. For example, if a patient is on a “Financial Review” work list, once the item is marked as complete, the system will automatically assign the patient to a “Contact Patient” list for the next step in the financial clearance process.
A number of new enhancements have also been added to the ForSite2020® check-in/check-out function, including a redesign of the system flow for improved daily workflow and greater ease of use. New features designed to enhance the consumer experience have been included to better coordinate and streamline the day-of-service for patients and physicians to significantly increase satisfaction, loyalty, and referrals.
Also new in the system is the enhanced ForSite2020® Faxed Order Collection Utilization & Storage (FOCUS) physician order management solution. Numerous new features have been added to ForSite2020® FOCUS to improve information gathering as well as streamline the process of making modifications to existing faxed orders – providing a quicker order-to-schedule process and increasing productivity. New sorting and tracking detail such as call history, number of calls, aging days, next call date, and comments allow the user to sort by various different criteria for advanced organization and accurate data capture.
Unibased’s unique patient portal, ForSite2020® Consumer Access & Scheduling for Healthcare (CASH), has been enhanced as well to improve consumer loyalty and increase market share. New features allow the capability to access important patient surveys as specified by the hospital to improve patient satisfaction scores and reduce costly readmission rates. Also unique to Unibased’s ForSite2020® solution is the comprehensive business intelligence tool, ForSite Analytics, which has also added a number of different valuable reports including “wait time analytics”, “case delays comparisons”, and surgical “cost/charge analysis”, all leading to improved management reporting and increased operational efficiency.
Download PDF of Full Press Release Here
Monday, November 11, 2013
Veterans Day 2013
This Veterans Day, and every day, our thoughts, thanks and gratitude are with our nation's Veterans.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Client News: Celebrating Nursing Excellence at Wellspan Gettysburg Hospital (Gettysburg, PA)
WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital recently celebrated the Pathway to Excellence designation for nursing. From left to right:
- Angela Johnston, Interim Vice President, Patient Care Services
- Aimee Taylor, Administrative Assistant, Nursing Operations
- Kris O’Shea, Vice President, Nursing Practice and Clinical Informatics
- Marlene Crouse, Nurse Manager, Outpatient Services Unit
- Kim Shank, Clinical Educator, Nursing Administration
- Jane Oyler, Director of Professional Development, Acute Care Nursing Practice
- Cheryl Hale, Clinical Director of Process Improvement and Patient Safety, Medical Affairs
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Press Release: T.J. Samson Community Hospital Implements Total Perioperative Automation with Unibased’s ForSite2020® ORMS Surgery Management Solution
Unibased Systems Architecture, Inc. (Unibased) announced
today that T.J. Samson Community Hospital, located in Glasgow,
Kentucky, has completed a successful implementation of its award-winning
surgery management solution, ForSite2020® periOperative Resource
Management System (ORMS), for the complete clinical integration of all
areas and stages of the surgical process. ForSite2020® ORMS will provide
T.J. Samson with improved operational efficiency, increased
productivity, and an enhanced workflow with total perioperative
automation for all areas including pre-admission testing; pre-operative
services; intra-operative services with real-time surgical documentation
and surgeon preference card processing; post-anesthesia care unit
(PACU) support; and post-operative services with follow-up coordination.
Unibased’s ForSite2020® ORMS clinical documentation was implemented not only in the operating room but also in the endoscopy and bronchoscopy areas for those procedures as well. It was also deployed in the outpatient area and in the PACU area to offer complete perioperative automation for all surgical areas throughout the enterprise. ForSite2020® ORMS is expected to provide improved communication, ease of access, and the sharing of critical information across the enterprise for positive clinical and financial outcomes. T.J. Samson expects to see gains in efficiency with improved surgical resource coordination and management, faster and more complete surgical documentation, improved physician relations, and an enhanced patient experience while delivering more cases per day.
In similar settings, Unibased’s ForSite2020® ORMS has reduced the amount of time it takes to document cases and capture charges in the operating room by 81%. One client department manager indicated that charting and updating preference card quantities is now taking 5 - 6 minutes in ForSite2020® ORMS, as compared to staff spending an average of 23 - 26 minutes per case in completing a patient’s chart in their former system. Along with increased efficiency, clients have reported enhanced consistency of data and the streamlined standardization of information documented during surgical cases. The implications are increased productivity and higher surgeon satisfaction levels as nurses are spending less time charting and more time on direct patient care activities. Cancellations and delays are significantly reduced, allowing more cases per day and an increased bottom line.
About T.J. Samson Community Hospital: T.J. Samson Community Hospital is a 196-bed, acute-care facility, including sixteen skilled-care beds. The brand-new T.J. Health Pavilion, opened in 2013, provides outpatient services, physicians’ offices, and a walking track. Operating within the mission of offering a variety of health services to the region including acute care; preventive testing and treatment; community outreach activities; and partnerships with local health care providers, civic organizations, and public schools; T.J. Samson Community Hospital promotes and provides for the health and well-being of those they serve. As a regional healthcare provider, T.J. Samson Community Hospital takes pride in being good stewards of its available resources and utilizes them to anticipate and meet the health needs of the region by promoting health in its communities while delivering quality, appropriate, and compassionate care. For more information, visit: www.tjsamson.org.
Unibased’s ForSite2020® ORMS clinical documentation was implemented not only in the operating room but also in the endoscopy and bronchoscopy areas for those procedures as well. It was also deployed in the outpatient area and in the PACU area to offer complete perioperative automation for all surgical areas throughout the enterprise. ForSite2020® ORMS is expected to provide improved communication, ease of access, and the sharing of critical information across the enterprise for positive clinical and financial outcomes. T.J. Samson expects to see gains in efficiency with improved surgical resource coordination and management, faster and more complete surgical documentation, improved physician relations, and an enhanced patient experience while delivering more cases per day.
In similar settings, Unibased’s ForSite2020® ORMS has reduced the amount of time it takes to document cases and capture charges in the operating room by 81%. One client department manager indicated that charting and updating preference card quantities is now taking 5 - 6 minutes in ForSite2020® ORMS, as compared to staff spending an average of 23 - 26 minutes per case in completing a patient’s chart in their former system. Along with increased efficiency, clients have reported enhanced consistency of data and the streamlined standardization of information documented during surgical cases. The implications are increased productivity and higher surgeon satisfaction levels as nurses are spending less time charting and more time on direct patient care activities. Cancellations and delays are significantly reduced, allowing more cases per day and an increased bottom line.
About T.J. Samson Community Hospital: T.J. Samson Community Hospital is a 196-bed, acute-care facility, including sixteen skilled-care beds. The brand-new T.J. Health Pavilion, opened in 2013, provides outpatient services, physicians’ offices, and a walking track. Operating within the mission of offering a variety of health services to the region including acute care; preventive testing and treatment; community outreach activities; and partnerships with local health care providers, civic organizations, and public schools; T.J. Samson Community Hospital promotes and provides for the health and well-being of those they serve. As a regional healthcare provider, T.J. Samson Community Hospital takes pride in being good stewards of its available resources and utilizes them to anticipate and meet the health needs of the region by promoting health in its communities while delivering quality, appropriate, and compassionate care. For more information, visit: www.tjsamson.org.
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Friday, October 4, 2013
ForSite2020® Tackles the Revenue Cycle
Unibased provides many financial advantages in its market-leading ForSite2020® revenue cycle and resource management solutions. Check out this article recently posted:
"How Unibased’s ForSite2020® Tackles the
Revenue Cycle Through Effective Resource Management Tools" View at: https://www.facebook.com/unibased/posts/10153274320420386
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Thursday, October 3, 2013
Client News: Hendrick Health System Names New CFO
Hendrick Health System (Abilene, Texas) names Jeremy Walker as new Chief Financial Officer. View Press Release
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Press Release: Healthcare Information Technology Pioneer, Charles W. Kean, Retires After 43 Years
Charles W. Kean |
L.V. “Skip” Covington, Unibased Chairman and CEO, stated, “The ‘Charlie Keans’ of the industry will not and cannot be replaced. Charlie was a significant contributor to both the creation and growth of the HIT industry, initially selling time-sharing solutions, then moving on to financial service bureau solutions, and eventually to enterprise turnkey solutions. His HIT provider, vendor, and acquaintance contacts were his friends, much more than business opportunities. He will retain his long list of friends and stay in touch; and in that sense, will never really ‘retire’ from the industry. We wish Charlie all the best and thank him for his years of service, hard work, and dedication.”
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Thursday, September 12, 2013
ForSite2020® CASH -- Patient Portal Enhancements
New
features have been added to Unibased’s ForSite2020® Consumer Access
& Scheduling for Healthcare (CASH) patient portal. Reminder notices
now allow for facility-customized reminders for both patient requests
and patient schedules to provide improved patient interaction and
decreased “no-show” occurrences. Also added are patient surveys,
allowing patients to rate their experiences as well as schedule
post-acute discharge related orders and services in an effort to reduce
costly re-admissions. Unibased’s providers should anticipate increased
market share and an enhanced bottom line. For more information, visit: http://www.unibased.com/patientselfscheduling.html
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Today we recognize the September 11th National
Day of Service and Remembrance -- we remember the innocent lives lost,
and honor the first responders and men and women in uniform who have
served and sacrificed to keep our great country safe.
All Americans are called to participate in our nation's continual recovery and renewal by serving in our communities. There are many ways to get involved. Visit: http://www.serve.gov/
All Americans are called to participate in our nation's continual recovery and renewal by serving in our communities. There are many ways to get involved. Visit: http://www.serve.gov/
Friday, September 6, 2013
Client News: Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (Brattleboro, VT) has names new Director of Risk Management
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital officials announced the hiring of Mary
Ellen Esser, RN as Director of Risk Management, Patient Safety and
Credentialing.
Esser has more than 15 years of experience in the field of medical risk management, performance improvement and infection control. Most recently, she was the Interim Director of Quality for Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center, a 95 bed facility serving the needs of south-central New Mexico. Esser has also worked for major hospitals in both Washington, DC and Long Beach, CA and served as a consultant to health care facilities in Texas.
“Mary Ellen brings with her a depth of knowledge, experience and focus in the field of quality and risk management. BMH is very fortunate to have her on our team,” said BMH Chief Medical Officer, Kathleen McGraw, MD.
[Source: Brattleboro Memorial Hospital - Press Release http://www.bmhvt.org/news/bmh-hired-new-director-risk-management}
Esser has more than 15 years of experience in the field of medical risk management, performance improvement and infection control. Most recently, she was the Interim Director of Quality for Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center, a 95 bed facility serving the needs of south-central New Mexico. Esser has also worked for major hospitals in both Washington, DC and Long Beach, CA and served as a consultant to health care facilities in Texas.
“Mary Ellen brings with her a depth of knowledge, experience and focus in the field of quality and risk management. BMH is very fortunate to have her on our team,” said BMH Chief Medical Officer, Kathleen McGraw, MD.
[Source: Brattleboro Memorial Hospital - Press Release http://www.bmhvt.org/news/bmh-hired-new-director-risk-management}
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Press Release: Unibased Announces Solutions Aimed at Improving Provider Productivity and Population Management
Unibased Systems Architecture, Inc. (Unibased) announced major enhancements in recent software releases aimed at broadening communication and strengthening ties between patient, physicians, and major providers. Included with the Unibased ForSite2020® product suite is advanced workflow management, greater operational efficiencies leading to easier access, improved revenue cycle management, and an enhanced healthcare consumer experience. The new solutions are being installed in several locations, and include the recently announced bi-directional scheduling capability with Microsoft Outlook®.
Unibased’s ForSite2020® offers significant enhancements that will have a substantial impact on healthcare organizations. New and innovative features such as a streamlined orders list for inpatient and outpatient physician orders provides detailed and comprehensive information on the orders, including reasons they have not been processed by the provider and a call history with the number of call attempts to the patient and physician. This new feature displays orders collected from all sources including the HIE, HL-7 based orders, or faxed orders, and offers an at-a-glance summary of all open orders as well as a drill-down view for more detailed information pertaining to the order, patient, and/or procedure(s). The solution also converts image data, such as faxes, to discrete data while retaining the image for audit trail purposes. This improved workflow and enhanced accuracy minimizes lost orders and coordinates the scheduling of resources in the most efficient and expeditious way possible.
Other new and exciting enhancements improve productivity with an interactive and prioritized work list to expedite processes and workflow. The new functionality takes the existing work queue and groups tasks together as well as provides an escalation of idle items for a certain specified number of days. The check-in/check-out daily work list displays all work queues for a given patient on the list and the ability to schedule an appointment directly from that list for increased efficiency.
New features have also been added to Unibased’s ForSite2020® Consumer Access & Scheduling for Healthcare (CASH) patient portal. The ForSite2020® CASH reminder notices now allow for facility-customized reminders for both patient requests and patient schedules to provide improved patient interaction and decreased “no-show” occurrences. Also added to ForSite2020® CASH are patient surveys allowing patients to rate their experiences as well as schedule post-acute discharge related orders and services. Providers should anticipate increased market share and an enhanced bottom line.
L.V. “Skip” Covington, Unibased Chairman & CEO, states, “The Unibased challenge is to help the industry recognize that the vast majority of healthcare operational and consumer-related data remains in an unstructured format even after the industry-wide push on EHRs and HIEs. Productivity remains difficult to improve because actual workflow remains manual folder processing-orientated in many areas. Unibased captures, converts, links, stores, and analyzes both unstructured and discrete data, which leads to transaction workflow monitoring to insure expeditious processing of orders, modifications, patient and resource schedules, and general distribution of information to the appropriate areas. Unibased is currently focused on convenient consumer and physician access to services as well as the education of the patient regarding various options and related costs for all modalities including surgery. Where implemented, provider ROIs are significant and can be reached within a short time-frame while requiring minimal resources.”
Download PDF of Full Press Release Here
Unibased’s ForSite2020® offers significant enhancements that will have a substantial impact on healthcare organizations. New and innovative features such as a streamlined orders list for inpatient and outpatient physician orders provides detailed and comprehensive information on the orders, including reasons they have not been processed by the provider and a call history with the number of call attempts to the patient and physician. This new feature displays orders collected from all sources including the HIE, HL-7 based orders, or faxed orders, and offers an at-a-glance summary of all open orders as well as a drill-down view for more detailed information pertaining to the order, patient, and/or procedure(s). The solution also converts image data, such as faxes, to discrete data while retaining the image for audit trail purposes. This improved workflow and enhanced accuracy minimizes lost orders and coordinates the scheduling of resources in the most efficient and expeditious way possible.
Other new and exciting enhancements improve productivity with an interactive and prioritized work list to expedite processes and workflow. The new functionality takes the existing work queue and groups tasks together as well as provides an escalation of idle items for a certain specified number of days. The check-in/check-out daily work list displays all work queues for a given patient on the list and the ability to schedule an appointment directly from that list for increased efficiency.
New features have also been added to Unibased’s ForSite2020® Consumer Access & Scheduling for Healthcare (CASH) patient portal. The ForSite2020® CASH reminder notices now allow for facility-customized reminders for both patient requests and patient schedules to provide improved patient interaction and decreased “no-show” occurrences. Also added to ForSite2020® CASH are patient surveys allowing patients to rate their experiences as well as schedule post-acute discharge related orders and services. Providers should anticipate increased market share and an enhanced bottom line.
L.V. “Skip” Covington, Unibased Chairman & CEO, states, “The Unibased challenge is to help the industry recognize that the vast majority of healthcare operational and consumer-related data remains in an unstructured format even after the industry-wide push on EHRs and HIEs. Productivity remains difficult to improve because actual workflow remains manual folder processing-orientated in many areas. Unibased captures, converts, links, stores, and analyzes both unstructured and discrete data, which leads to transaction workflow monitoring to insure expeditious processing of orders, modifications, patient and resource schedules, and general distribution of information to the appropriate areas. Unibased is currently focused on convenient consumer and physician access to services as well as the education of the patient regarding various options and related costs for all modalities including surgery. Where implemented, provider ROIs are significant and can be reached within a short time-frame while requiring minimal resources.”
Download PDF of Full Press Release Here
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
2013 NTT DATA Client Conference
Congratulations to our winner of the HDTV giveaway at the 2013
NTT DATA Client Conference, SUE ALLEN R.N., with Montgomery County Memorial Hospital
in Iowa! It was a great event in gorgeous
San Diego, CA. Thanks to all who stopped
by our booth!
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Thursday, July 18, 2013
2013 National Veterans Small Business Conference
Visit us at BOOTH 102 at the 2013 National
Veterans Small Business Conference, August 6-8 at the America’s Center
Convention Complex in St. Louis, MO! To learn more about the event, go
to: http://nationalveteransconference.com/
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
"U.S. News Best Hospitals 2013-14" Report
Congratulations to our clients who were named in the recent "U.S. News Best Hospitals 2013-14" report!
- East Texas Medical Center (Tyler, Texas)
- Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach, California)
- Inova Alexandria Hospital (Alexandria, Virginia)
- Inova Fairfax Hospital (Falls Church, Virginia)
- Inova Loudoun Hospital (Leesburg, Virginia)
- Inova Mount Vernon Hospital (Alexandria, Virginia)
- Jewish Hospital (Louisville, Kentucky)
- MaineGeneral Medical Center (Augusta, Maine)
- Mount Sinai Medical Center (Miami Beach, Florida)
- Norton Hospital (Louisville, Kentucky)
- Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center (Dearborn, Michigan)
- St. Francis Medical Center (Monroe, Louisiana)
- Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics (Tyler, Texas)
- WellSpan York Hospital (York, Pennsylvania)
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Press Release: North Bend Medical Center Signs Agreement for Unibased’s ForSite2020® Surgery Management and Physician Order Collection Solution
Unibased announced today that North Bend Medical Center, Inc. (NBMC), located in Coos Bay, OR, has signed an agreement for its market-leading surgery management solution, ForSite2020® periOperative Resource Management System (ORMS), aimed at improving workflow and productivity as well as providing efficient resource management to reduce costs and effectively manage inventory. NBMC, a 55-physician multi-specialty group practice clinic offering ambulatory surgery, diagnostic imaging, lab services, rehabilitation therapy, and other services, has also contracted for Unibased’s unique ForSite2020® Physician Order Collection & Enterprise Tracking (POCET) physician portal as well as its ForSite Analytics business intelligence solution to enhance communication and strengthen ties with patients and physicians. ForSite2020® will provide NBMC with an enhanced workflow, increased operational efficiency, and improved physician relations as well as an improved patient experience with streamlined coordination of care.
Bill Murray, NBMC Chief Executive Officer, stated, “Key considerations in selecting Unibased’s comprehensive ForSite2020® ORMS surgery management solution included ease-of-use, rapid system performance, and an excellent track record of successful integration. The integration with our Allscripts practice management system as well as inventory management will be instrumental to automating billing and will provide significant cost savings by enabling effective supply management and surgical case cost control. ForSite2020® will ensure all equipment and supplies are available and on-hand for scheduled cases, and provide the ability to accurately calculate case costs and effectively manage inventory. NBMC is eager to benefit from the robust capabilities offered by ForSite2020®, and we look forward to a strong partnership with Unibased while continuing to provide the highest level of quality service to Oregon’s South Coast.”
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
NATIONAL HOSPITAL WEEK 2013
It's NATIONAL HOSPITAL WEEK, May 12-18, 2013! National Hospital Week celebrates the history, technology and dedicated professionals that make healthcare facilities beacons of confidence and care. Unibased is extremely proud to have the opportunity to work with so many incredible healthcare professionals across the United States and are honored to provide technology to support their mission. A huge THANK YOU goes out to all those who work hard every day to provide high quality, compassionate care for patients and their families.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Press Release: Unibased Announces Newest Software Release ForSite2020® Version 7.09
Unibased Systems Architecture, Inc. (Unibased) announced the release of its newest solution, ForSite2020® version 7.09, aimed at improving workflow and productivity as well as enhancing communication and strengthening ties with patients and physicians. Providing expeditious client support, unrivaled responsiveness, and an ongoing commitment to the most advanced technology available, Unibased offers several major new-feature enhancement releases per year to its clients. ForSite2020® version 7.09 will provide healthcare organizations with an enhanced workflow, increased operational efficiency, and improved physician relations as well as an improved patient experience with streamlined coordination of care.
Unibased’s ForSite2020® version 7.09 includes significant enhancements that will have a substantial impact on healthcare organizations. New innovative features such as a streamlined “pending orders” list for inpatient and outpatient physician orders, providing comprehensive data collection and order detail including pending reasons as well as call history with the number of call attempts to the patient and physician with time/date-stamped comments. This new display provides an at-a-glance summary of all outstanding orders on one line per patient, offering a drill-down collection of more detailed information on the order, patient, and procedure(s) for improved workflow and enhanced accuracy to prevent lost orders and coordinate the scheduling of those orders in the most efficient and expeditious way possible.
Other new and exciting enhancements include an automatic launch of the patient payment estimation upon scheduling of the patient service for more enhanced workflow automation and data capture. Also new is the complete audit trail for all comments in order to keep a history of all additions, edits, and removals of comments including registration comments, session comments, procedure comments, and master person index (MPI) comments.
New features have also been added to Unibased’s ForSite2020® Consumer Access & Scheduling for Healthcare (CASH) patient portal. The ForSite2020® CASH reminder notices now allow for facility-customized reminders for both patient requests and patient schedules to provide improved patient satisfaction and decreased “no-show” occurrences, leading to increased market share and an enhanced bottom line.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Client News: Cancer Treatment Centers of America® Announces Executive Leadership Changes
Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA) [Schaumburg, IL] announced today a change in its executive leadership as part of its ongoing commitment to remain in the vanguard of innovation in healthcare and deliver the best possible care for cancer patients. Stephen B. Bonner, President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since 1999, will assume the new role of Executive Chairman effective July 1, at which time Gerard van Grinsven will assume the role of President & CEO.
[View the full CTCA press release here.]
Last year, nationally renown CTCA signed an agreement to deploy Unibased's award-winning ForSite2020® application suite across all CTCA facilities nationally. Unibased’s ForSite2020® solution includes enterprise scheduling, a consumer portal for patient self scheduling, a physician portal for physician office scheduling and order tracking, and a fax management solution for managing faxed physician orders. After an extensive evaluation process, CTCA selected Unibased as the best solution available to facilitate enterprise scheduling, access management and resource utilization across a major state-of-the-art national cancer treatment network. CTCA was seeking a solution provider with a history of delivering innovative new design to serve the unique needs of their clients. One of the features anticipated is to provide CTCA-affiliated healthcare providers with integration between their Microsoft® Outlook calendars and their hospital schedule. This integration will provide two-way communication between Microsoft® Outlook and Unibased’s ForSite2020® enterprise scheduling to expedite resource management, enhance physician relations and improve efficiency for streamlined coordination of care.
For more information about CTCA, go to www.cancercenter.com.
[View the full CTCA press release here.]
Last year, nationally renown CTCA signed an agreement to deploy Unibased's award-winning ForSite2020® application suite across all CTCA facilities nationally. Unibased’s ForSite2020® solution includes enterprise scheduling, a consumer portal for patient self scheduling, a physician portal for physician office scheduling and order tracking, and a fax management solution for managing faxed physician orders. After an extensive evaluation process, CTCA selected Unibased as the best solution available to facilitate enterprise scheduling, access management and resource utilization across a major state-of-the-art national cancer treatment network. CTCA was seeking a solution provider with a history of delivering innovative new design to serve the unique needs of their clients. One of the features anticipated is to provide CTCA-affiliated healthcare providers with integration between their Microsoft® Outlook calendars and their hospital schedule. This integration will provide two-way communication between Microsoft® Outlook and Unibased’s ForSite2020® enterprise scheduling to expedite resource management, enhance physician relations and improve efficiency for streamlined coordination of care.
For more information about CTCA, go to www.cancercenter.com.
Monday, April 1, 2013
Client News: Welcome the New Management Team at Bayfront Health
In 2012, Bayfront Health System selected Unibased's award-winning surgery management and physician order management ForSite2020® solutions to deploy across its 20+ operating rooms, with the primary goal of complete clinical integration, providing ease of access and sharing of pertinent information to areas such as PACU and inpatient nursing floors across the enterprise.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Press Release: Unibased Announces Newest Release ForSite2020® Version 7.08
Unibased announced its newest release, ForSite2020® Version 7.08, aimed at improving access and workflow as well as strengthening ties and communications for consumers and physicians. As an integral part of Unibased’s ongoing service and commitment of providing the most advanced technology available to its clients, Unibased offers several new-feature enhancement releases each year.
ForSite2020® Version 7.08 includes significant enhancements that will have a substantial financial impact for healthcare organizations. Unibased anticipates improved workflow and increased operational efficiency with new innovative features such as streamlined and rapidly accessible patient payment estimation summaries upon service coordination, tracking of specific or hospital-defined quality measures with compliance checklists from within the patient’s surgical record, and new business intelligence analytics and reporting for physician referral comparisons.
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Press Release: East Texas Medical Center Selects Unibased’s ForSite2020® Faxed Order Management Solution
Unibased announced that East Texas Medical Center, located in Tyler, TX, has selected its ForSite2020® Fax Order Collection Utilization & Storage (FOCUS) fax management solution for increased efficiency, enhanced workflow, and streamlined coordination of faxed physician orders. A unique order management solution, ForSite2020® FOCUS is designed to automate and improve the current process of faxed physician orders. Part of the award-winning ForSite2020® solution suite, Unibased’s ForSite2020® FOCUS streamlines the traditional faxed order process by collecting and electronically monitoring, sorting, categorizing, distributing and scheduling all faxed physician orders in one integrated system. ForSite2020® FOCUS will provide East Texas Medical Center the ability to increase efficiency and productivity while reducing costs and lost revenues by simplifying the faxed order process with total automation.
“The vast majority of physician orders for outpatient services still arrive in the faxed form. Unibased’s ForSite2020® FOCUS is expected to provide East Texas Medical Center with workflow improvements and increased productivity in managing, tracking, and processing faxed orders as well as improvements in the revenue cycle, pre-access management, and enterprise coordination of care.”, stated Lawrence V. “Skip” Covington, Unibased President & CEO.
Cynthia J. Borders, Unibased Vice President of Client Services, added, “ForSite2020® FOCUS addresses the physician order collection and tracking aspect of access management in the revenue cycle; supporting scheduling, registration and payment for major providers. It minimizes interface issues with multiple disparate physician office systems as it is completely integrated with Unibased’s ForSite2020® Physician Order Collection & Enterprise Tracking (POCET) physician portal as well as the ForSite2020® Resource Management System (RMS) enterprise scheduling solution. East Texas Medical Center will benefit by enhanced productivity, reduction of lost or incomplete orders, and improved physician relations and consumer satisfaction.”
Download PDF of Full Press Release Here
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The scene outside Unibased today ...
Monday, February 25, 2013
Client News: Unibased Clients Named Top Hospitals
Congrats to Baptist St. Anthony’s Health System (Amarillo, TX) and Inova Fair Oaks Hospital (Fairfax, VA) who were named in "The 100 Top Hospitals®" list for 2013!
Truven Health Analytics' The 100 Top Hospitals® program recognizes 100 healthcare organizations from across the country that achieve the highest national scores based on 14 separate measures of hospital performance - operational, clinical and financial - that affect patients as well as the quality of care in the community. The results of the annual studies are released exclusively to Modern Healthcare. A full analysis supplement will accompany the Modern Healthcare June 10 issue.
Truven Health Analytics' The 100 Top Hospitals® program recognizes 100 healthcare organizations from across the country that achieve the highest national scores based on 14 separate measures of hospital performance - operational, clinical and financial - that affect patients as well as the quality of care in the community. The results of the annual studies are released exclusively to Modern Healthcare. A full analysis supplement will accompany the Modern Healthcare June 10 issue.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Client News: Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Implements Unibased’s Surgery Management Solution
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Client News: Unibased Clients Recognized by Healthgrades
Healthgrades has announced the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ recipients for 2013. Unibased is proud to congratulate two clients that have been honored with the award… Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach, CA) and Mother Frances Hospital – Tyler (Tyler, TX). This recognition places these hospitals in the top 5% of hospitals in the nation!
For more information, click here [PDF].
For more information, click here [PDF].