Hospitals and Healthcare Providers are responding to the doctor demands, patient concerns, and government incentives like ARRA by aggressively adopting advanced clinical software such as the MEDITECH Healthcare Information System. The shift from paper-based processes and workflows to Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) and Interoperable Electronic Health Records (EHR's) that span the continuum of care, as well as software like Bedside Medication Verification to enhance patient safety, have changed the fundamental assumptions behind Healthcare Information Systems.
Together, Ben Smith of IBM and Jim Fitzgerald of Park Place International explore the changes impacting facilities running the MEDITECH HCIS, discuss the evolution of new technology reference architectures to support the needs of modern Healthcare IT, and share IBM-based technology solutions designed in collaboration with Park Place International to provide healthcare organizations with IT Operational Sustainability.
