Chesterfield, MO., July 19, 2010: Unibased Systems Architecture, Inc. (Unibased) today announced Bay Area Hospital (BAH) in Coos Bay, Oregon successfully implemented the Unibased ForSite2020® periOperative Resource Management System (ORMS). BAH contracted with Unibased for the complete ForSite2020 surgery management system suite in December 2009 with the goal of achieving total perioperative automation and moving forward with their hospital-wide electronic health record (EHR) initiative. The implementation began in March 2010 following software delivery. Current files including patient demographics, clinical history, physician tables, and physician preference cards were converted and analyzed using state-of-the-art Unibased software. Bi-directional interfaces were created for current access management and material management systems based upon the Unibased systems integration HL7 libraries.
The project included surgery scheduling, preference card management, and post-case documentation, as well as the ForSite Analytics business intelligence tool. Work continues to progress with expanded perioperative nursing documentation, a case progress display and tissue tracking, which should be completed by the end of 2010. Future plans include integrating the system with an anesthesia management solution provided by Draeger Medical, Inc.
Bay Area Hospital's Chief Information and Facilities Officer, Ben Pfau, stated, “It has been a good partnership, the implementation has been very smooth with both parties easily able to work through any issues that may have arisen.”
Bob Adams, Director of Information Services, added, “Unibased continues to live up to their #1 ranking and reputation by delivering on their promises. The implementation has been on-time and within budget. Key interfaces were delivered as planned; quality training was provided by friendly seasoned professionals and the software functioned as expected with no flaws. Brenda Curtner, Director of Clinical Informatics, also pointed out, “Bay Area Hospital prefers to partner with solution vendors that are willing to incorporate our input into their product development roadmap. Unibased is committed to doing that and has proven this by delivering our requests prior to us going live. We’re excited about the opportunity that lies ahead with the Unibased relationship.”
Tim Garner, RN, a member of the Clinical Informatics Team indicated, “In my opinion, our transition from our old O.R. product to ORMS went very well. Unibased was attentive to our issues. In particular, our Unibased clinical consultant Peggy Pittenger was very helpful in assisting us with the transition. Good support coupled with a good working partnership between I.S. and Clinical Informatics at Bay Area Hospital, allowed the transition to take place with minimal impact on most end-users.”
"Unibased has had only positive experiences working with the Siemens MedSeries4® product and support team over the last 18 years. We are also highly impressed with the I.S. and clinical informatics group at Bay Area Hospital,” said Phil Amelung, Principal Consultant with Unibased. We are very excited about the opportunity we have to work with the team at BAH to provide their hospital with a solution that will reduce costs, improve efficiency, and jump start the revenue cycle in the surgery department. We also believe BAH will be a model for other hospitals that are looking to achieve the highest level of interoperability with their other clinical, financial, and administrative systems.”
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Monday, July 19, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
R & D: Some Highlights of Release 6.25
Interactive Comments
Frustrated with calls back and forth to your physician offices? The newest enhancement to Unibased’s Physician Access portal has interactive comments. Whether it is the physician office or the access department, simply enter your comments in the interactive comments box and an indicator will let the other party know there is a message that requires their attention. Whether it is clarifying instructions, suggesting an alternate procedure or simply sharing specific information about the patient’s desires, instantaneous communication is at your fingertips.
New Managed Care Rule for Insurance Non-Coverage by Provider
An additional managed care rule is now available to alert schedulers if a provider they are assigning to an appointment does not accept a patient’s insurance. If a provider does not accept an insurance company's coverage, the system will provide a yellow warning at the time of scheduling.
Reminder Letter Enhancements
The reminder letter feature has been enhanced to allow for automatic generation for both the hard-copy reminder notice as well as an auto send of an email reminder notice.
Contact your Unibased account representative for more information on all the enhancements included in Release 6.25.
Frustrated with calls back and forth to your physician offices? The newest enhancement to Unibased’s Physician Access portal has interactive comments. Whether it is the physician office or the access department, simply enter your comments in the interactive comments box and an indicator will let the other party know there is a message that requires their attention. Whether it is clarifying instructions, suggesting an alternate procedure or simply sharing specific information about the patient’s desires, instantaneous communication is at your fingertips.
New Managed Care Rule for Insurance Non-Coverage by Provider
An additional managed care rule is now available to alert schedulers if a provider they are assigning to an appointment does not accept a patient’s insurance. If a provider does not accept an insurance company's coverage, the system will provide a yellow warning at the time of scheduling.
Reminder Letter Enhancements
The reminder letter feature has been enhanced to allow for automatic generation for both the hard-copy reminder notice as well as an auto send of an email reminder notice.
Contact your Unibased account representative for more information on all the enhancements included in Release 6.25.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Client News: Bay Area Health District Purchases Surgery Management System
Bay Area Health District (dba Bay Area Hospital) of Coos Bay, Oregon has purchased the ForSite2020® periOperative Resource Management System (ORMS). Unibased was selected as a result of competition with several surgery management system vendors.
According to Bob Adams, Bay Area Hospital, Director of Information Services, “The Unibased product exceeded our published requirements, but most importantly, Unibased demonstrated a willingness to meet our unique needs with contractual guarantees. All of their client references were helpful and straightforward. Unibased personnel were knowledgeable and experienced with our current in-house vendors, and up and down the line, everyone just felt more comfortable with Unibased”.
Phil Amelung, a Principal Consultant with Unibased, indicated “The Bay Area Hospital steering committee was sure to include a broad representation from the c-suite, information services, clinical informatics, and the surgery department. They went well beyond system feature/function in examining other important vendor qualities including the vendors’ ability to keep promises, history of successful integration projects and experience of implementation staff. No stone was left unturned. They are the first Amerinet hospital member we have signed since the inception of our contracted supplier agreement last September, and represent our first significant collaboration with Draeger. Bay Area is very influential as the largest acute care facility on the southwest Oregon coast with a high volume surgery operation. This is already a great partnership and it will only get better. We are all anxious to begin the implementation in early January, and Unibased is pleased to expand its west coast presence.”
According to Bob Adams, Bay Area Hospital, Director of Information Services, “The Unibased product exceeded our published requirements, but most importantly, Unibased demonstrated a willingness to meet our unique needs with contractual guarantees. All of their client references were helpful and straightforward. Unibased personnel were knowledgeable and experienced with our current in-house vendors, and up and down the line, everyone just felt more comfortable with Unibased”.
Phil Amelung, a Principal Consultant with Unibased, indicated “The Bay Area Hospital steering committee was sure to include a broad representation from the c-suite, information services, clinical informatics, and the surgery department. They went well beyond system feature/function in examining other important vendor qualities including the vendors’ ability to keep promises, history of successful integration projects and experience of implementation staff. No stone was left unturned. They are the first Amerinet hospital member we have signed since the inception of our contracted supplier agreement last September, and represent our first significant collaboration with Draeger. Bay Area is very influential as the largest acute care facility on the southwest Oregon coast with a high volume surgery operation. This is already a great partnership and it will only get better. We are all anxious to begin the implementation in early January, and Unibased is pleased to expand its west coast presence.”
