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Baltimore, Md. – November 6, 2008 – Salar, Inc., a software company whose goal is to improve the clinical documentation process, today announces The George Washington University Hospital has selected Salar, Inc. to revolutionize the hospital’s paper-based clinical documentation process. Under a multi-year licensing agreement, GW Hospital will license Salar’s TeamNotes™ and TeamQuery™ for its clinicians -- attending physicians, residents, interns, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and medical students -- for all hospital inpatient admissions, excluding labor and delivery.
Prior to TeamNotes, these clinicians documented their patient encounters on paper or used an electronic system that was not interfaced with any of the hospital’s current information systems, and only captured part of the necessary documentation. By deploying Salar’s suite of innovative clinical documentation and concurrent review tools, GW Hospital not only empowers its users to capture their notes electronically, but enables them to adhere to industry-wide and CMS clinical documentation standards.
“As a leading academic medical center with a standard clinical data repository and medical record system, we were missing (as many others still are) a physician documentation tool that worked with our systems, one that could interface with our existing infrastructure and eliminate our reliance upon paper,” says Gretchen Tegethoff, MSIST CIO/Director, Information Technology, GW Hospital. “By overlaying TeamNotes with our existing IT systems we have established a completely seamless, paperless, user-friendly experience that works with every type of documentation, keeps our doctors happy and, as important, keeps our records in compliance,” she says.
“And while the project is just a few months old, what’s impressive about Salar is we already see great change internally and believe this success is due to one strategic innovation -- physician support,” Tegethoff continues. “By engaging our physicians in the project from the start, we not only received their clinical input and advice on how to do things best, but also their buy-in to support the project -- both key elements to drive physician change and maintain the delivery of high-quality clinical care,” concludes Tegethoff.
“We are thrilled to have GW Hospital join our list of the leading academic medical centers now benefiting from Salar solutions,” says Salar President Todd Johnson. “Given GW Hospital leadership, commitment, and interest in forging change to enhance efficiency and to reduce costs, we expect overwhelmingly positive results for our new partner,” he concludes.
The George Washington University Hospital is a 371-bed acute care facility jointed owned and operated by a partnership between a subsidiary of Universal Health Services Inc. (UHS), a King of Prussia, PA-based company that is one of the nations largest healthcare management companies, and the George Washington University. GW Hospital has particular expertise in breast care services, cancer care, cardiovascular care, emergency medicine, minimally-invasive surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopaedics, and women’s services.
Pioneering new technology in health care, Salar, Inc., is a software company transforming a fragmented paper-dependent medical record industry. Salar's flagship product TeamNotes™ allows clinicians to document their handwriting, dictation, keyboard entry or other methods in real-time as Salar seamlessly integrates these notes into the electronic record. Working across disparate health care information systems, Salar's suite of products - TeamNotes™, TAP Charge Capture™, TeamQuery™, and TeamRelay™, - document and optimize clinical notes, capture physician charges, maximize hospital reimbursement, and streamline clinical workflow. Backed by strong ROI data gathered from some of the most prestigious hospitals in the nation, Salar’s solutions harmonize health care operations. Visit Salar, Inc. online to learn more.
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