Client News: KentuckyOne Health Names Valinda Rutledge President of Jewish Hospital

Valinda Rutledge

KentuckyOne Health has named Valinda Rutledge as Market Leader Louisville and President of Jewish Hospital effective July 23, 2012. She will have responsibility for the oversight of the Jewish Hospital downtown medical campus, Sts. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital, Our Lady of Peace and Frazier Rehab Institute, all in Louisville, in addition to Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown and Jewish Hospital Shelbyville in Shelbyville.  Rutledge comes to KentuckyOne from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) where she served in a senior leadership role in the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation as director of the Patient Care Models Group since June 2011.

[Source: Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare Press Release]
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Press Release: Hoag HIE Enhances the Patient Experience with Unibased’s ForSite2020® Patient Engagement Solution

Unibased Systems Architecture (Unibased) announced that Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, in Newport Beach, CA, has taken a tremendous step forward in enhancing the patient experience by successfully completing implementation of the ForSite2020® RMS resource management & patient access solution across all of Hoag's diagnostic imaging locations, including Hoag Hospital-Irvine, Hoag Hospital-Newport Beach, Hoag Breast Care Center, Hoag Sleep Lab, Surgical Services and 7 outpatient service centers.

The successful implementation provides Hoag with the infrastructure needed to enable streamlined resource management and efficient coordination of care across the entire Hoag community of caring. This allows Hoag scheduling staff to offer patients the most convenient service locations and appointment times available within the Hoag enterprise as well as establish a consistent "front door" approach to Hoag services. Rollout of these areas sets the stage for expanded use of ForSite2020® including automated handling of all physician orders received electronically from the Medicity health information exchange (HIE), which Hoag has established in partnership with the physician community. Physician orders that continue to be sent via fax will be received electronically in ForSite2020® and used to initiate the scheduling of services directly from the faxed order through the ForSite2020® Fax Order Collection Utilization & Storage (FOCUS). Unibased has also delivered web services integration that will allow Hoag to incorporate the ForSite2020® Consumer Access & Scheduling for Healthcare (CASH) consumer portal from within the Hoag Patient Portal for improved patient engagement and consumer satisfaction.

Tim Moore, Hoag’s Chief Information Officer, stated, “Hoag’s commitment to improving the patient experience while enhancing physician alignment was at the forefront of Unibased’s vision – to increase access to services and streamline the coordination of care across the enterprise. Unibased has stood true to that vision and has met and exceeded all of our expectations with a timely delivery as well as a quick and easy implementation. We are excited for this partnership knowing that Unibased stands by their commitments and are constantly making improvements to provide even faster access to services across the continuum of care. Unibased, together with the Hoag HIE, will provide more open communication with our community to enhance quality of care, patient safety and healthcare efficiency.” 

About Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian:  Hoag is a not-for-profit regional healthcare delivery network in Orange County, CA that treats nearly 30,000 inpatients and 350,000 outpatients annually. Hoag consists of two acute-care hospitals, seven health centers and five urgent care centers. Hoag Hospital Newport Beach, which has served Orange County since 1952, and Hoag Hospital Irvine, which opened in 2010, are designated Magnet hospitals by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Hoag offers a comprehensive blend of health care services that include six institutes providing specialized services in the following areas: cancer, heart and vascular, neurosciences, women’s health, primary care and orthopedics through Hoag’s affiliate Hoag Orthopedic Institute. Hoag has been named one of the Best Regional Hospitals in the U.S. News & World Report Metro Edition. National Research Corporation has endorsed Hoag as Orange County’s most preferred hospital for the past 15 consecutive years and for an unprecedented 15 years, residents of Orange County have chosen Hoag as the county’s best hospital in a local newspaper survey. Visit www.hoag.org.

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Press Release: Unibased to Support the Transition to ICD-10 for Medical Diagnosis and Inpatient Procedure Coding in Newest Release

Unibased Systems Architecture (Unibased) will support the ICD-10 medical diagnosis and inpatient procedure coding in its newest ForSite2020® release, and will be ready when the ICD-9 code sets are replaced by ICD-10 on October 1, 2013. The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is the standard diagnostic tool for epidemiology, health management and clinical purposes.

ICD-10 will affect diagnosis and inpatient procedure coding for everyone covered by Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA), not just those who submit Medicare or Medicaid claims. ICD-10 medical diagnosis codes must be used for all health care services provided in the U.S., and ICD-10 procedure codes must be used for all hospital inpatient procedures. Claims with ICD-9 codes for services provided on or after the compliance deadline cannot be paid.

Unibased is committed to developing an implementation strategy that includes an assessment of the impact on the healthcare organization, a detailed timeline as well as budget, and will work with customers to install and test ICD-10-ready ForSite2020® solutions. By taking a proactive role in assisting with the transition, Unibased ForSite2020® customers can get their claims paid with no delay, lost time or disruption in productivity.

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Memorial Day Message

Photo Credit: University of California, Davis

Today we solemnly observe Memorial Day, honoring those Americans who died while defending our Nation and its values. We honor these heroes for the profound contribution they have made to secure our Nation's freedom.

Client News: Oakwood’s Chief Nursing Officer Wins Nightingale Award



Barbara Medvec

Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Barbara Medvec, was one of two Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center (Dearborn, MI)  nurses to be honored with a Nightingale Award for Nursing Administration in 2012. View full press release here.

National Nurses Week!

Please join Unibased in celebrating National Nurses Week!

Every year, National Nurses Week focuses attention on the diverse ways America's nurses work to save lives and to improve the health of millions of individuals. Annually, National Nurses Week begins on May 6, marked as RN Recognition Day, and ends on May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, founder of nursing as a modern profession. This week, we honor all nurses and their commitment to the patient experience! 

For nurses week, use #NursesWeek on Twitter to show the incredible impact nurses make.

Client News: "100 Leaders of Great Hospitals"

Congrats to our clients that are recognized in the "100 Leaders of Great Hospitals" by Becker's Hospital Review!

• Richard Afable, MD. - President & CEO
  Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach, CA)
• L. Reuven Pasternak, MD. - CEO
  Inova Fairfax Hospital (Falls Church, VA) 
• Glenn Waters - President & CEO
  Morton Plant Hospital (Clearwater, FL)

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Client News: Trinity Mother Francis Hospitals & Clinics Names New VP & CIO

Client News: Trinity Mother Francis Hospitals and Clinics (Tyler, TX) named Jeffrey A. Pearson as Vice President and Chief Information Officer.

Attn: Vision 2012 Annual Users Conference Attendees

Award-Winning Surgery Management & Access Management/ Enterprise Scheduling Solutions for MedSeries4 Customers

If you are attending the Vision 2012 Annual Users Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, April 22-25, we invite you to visit Unibased at BOOTH 24. 

Win an HDTV!  We're giving away a fabulous HD television. To enter, simply visit BOOTH #24 and fill out an entry form!

Our tailored and customized system features and guaranteed interfaces and conversions to Siemens MedSeries4 customers make Unibased the first choice of MedSeries4 hospitals looking for an information systems partner for resource management and enterprise scheduling as well as surgery management.

• Unibased is the #1 Rated Enterprise Scheduling & Surgery Management Systems Vendor
• Workflow Integration with MedSeries4 Applications
• Guaranteed Sub-Second Response Times
• Meaningful Use Certified
• ForSite Analytics Dashboard Reporting
• Mature and Comprehensive Web Tools for Physicians and Consumer Access
• Automated Faxed Physician Order Handling Module
• FIXED Implementation Costs
• Stable System Requiring Minimal IT Support

Unibased has been providing our 200 customers with healthcare solutions for over 26 years.  Our systems have been successfully interfaced to Siemens MedSeries4 in a number of client sites, including: Bay Area Hospital (Coos Bay, OR), Monongalia General Hospital (Morgantown, WV), Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (Dallas, TX) & Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (Brattleboro, VT). 

Vision 2012 User Conference Contact:

George M. Giorgianni

Senior Director of Surgical System Sales and Business Development

Office Phone: 314-878-6050, ext. 163

Mobile: 404-915-6439

Email: ggiorgianni@unibased.com

Press Release: Bayfront Health System Selects Unibased's Award-Winning Surgery Management and Physician Order Collection Solution

St. Louis, MO., April 12, 2012:  Unibased Systems Architecture (Unibased) announced that Bayfront Health System, located in St. Petersburg, FL, has signed an agreement for its award-winning surgery management and physician order management solutions. ForSite2020® periOperative Resource Management System (ORMS) and ForSite2020® Physician Order Collection and Enterprise Tracking (POCET) will provide enhanced patient safety and improved physician relations as well as streamlined and efficient coordination of care.

Bayfront will deploy the Unibased ForSite2020® solution 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. According to surgery staff, key considerations in selecting Unibased, critical to efficient operations, included ease of use, rapid system performance/response time, and the long track record of successful integration. Jatin Motiwal, Vice President of Clinical Services, indicated that Unibased was the best fit as a surgery management solution partner that will provide personalized attention and first-class ongoing support. “After doing a nationwide search, Bayfront Health System found exactly what it needed with Unibased Systems Architecture,” stated Motiwal. “We found Unibased to be user-friendly, intuitive and comprehensive, which will help enhance physician relations and streamline the coordination of care efficiency, adding to the patient experience. Bayfront looks forward to a strong partnership with Unibased, which will be integrated into our overall health system vision of providing excellent service to the Tampa Bay area.”

Bayfront Chief Information Officer, Jennifer Greenman, added, ”After a comprehensive system evaluation process, we concluded that Unibased’s ForSite2020® solution will provide the best tools for promoting efficient workflow and accurate documentation within surgical services. Additionally, Bayfront leaders were impressed with the high level of commitment to customer service that Unibased has consistently demonstrated to its clients. We look forward to transforming this partnership into positive clinical and financial outcomes.”   

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