Disposition
Improved Patient Outcomes After Discharge
When patients are being discharged from
the emergency department, your clinicians do their best to inform
their patient about what to expect, what to do when they get
home, and when to come back in should additional problems arise. But
most clinicians would agree that simply telling a patient what
to do and what to expect isn’t enough. Providing comprehensible
aftercare instructions, patients are more informed and therefore
receive better care.
Allscripts ED provides customizable
discharge content especially for emergency department patients.
Your emergency department will see streamlined, efficient discharge
processes, and better educated patients as they are discharged.
- Discharge instructions on more than
1,000 topics are available - in English and Spanish - to print
for patients to assure consistency and completeness of aftercare
education
- Work and school release notes are
included with the patient´s chart.
Also, your emergency department will reduce medical errors by
utilizing Allscripts ED´s prescription writing tool:
- Prescription writing tool creates
quick, legible prescriptions, which are also documented and
reportable.
- More than 1,000 prescriptions in
the database are available through a simple one-click application.
"The No. 1 goal in our decision
to computerize our patient charting was to be more patient
focused. The addition of Allscripts ED enables us to do just
that. The emergency department now has access to the patient
medical records at all times. The system also prevents errors
by eliminating illegible handwriting, and we are able to consistently
track a patient's status by just a glance at the tracking board.
We now have a system that enables us to keep accurate stats
on wait times and peak visit times. These benefits are a big
plus in the treatment of our ED patients."
Greg
Morris, CIO, NorthCrest Medical Center