UMass Memorial Health Care
Background: UMass Memorial Health Care
- 1,111 bed facility in Central Mass
- Employs ~1,600 physicians and treats more than 58,700 inpatients per year
Implementation:
Hospital Medicine Department implemented TeamNotes and TAP Charge Capture, Salar’s electronic clinical documentation solution tied to charge capture billing, to enable physicians, residents, nurse practitioners and medical students to record and bill all patient notes electronically
Launch dates: July-August 2009
- TeamNotes and TAP launched successfully in less than 2 days at each of the 4 campuses
- Salar worked closely with hospital physicians and IT to customize the solution to their specific needs
Results:
- Hospital Medicine generating ~6,100 patient notes per month
- Over 230 clinician users
- Physicians find solution fast and easy to use – saving them time overall
- Community physicians receive all H&Ps and Discharge Summaries electronically same day
- UMass planning future rollouts of TeamNotes and TAP in other departments