In 2008, SSM St. Joseph Health Center and SSM St. Joseph Health Center–Wentzville switched to electronic health records (EHR) to improve patient care and safety. Hundreds of physicians and staff from both hospitals spent months training on the new EHR system and the change has been dramatic.
All SSM Health Care-St. Louis hospitals are now equipped with the same EHR system. Medical records no longer take days to make the journey from one SSM physician to another, or risk getting lost. Clinicians have instant access to patients’ charts to review previous medical conditions or current test results, or to chart a diagnosis. Prescribed medications are automatically checked against other prescribed drugs, diagnoses and lab results, and the system suggests possible changes in treatment.
Improved data access reduces wait times. Physicians can log into the secure system from virtually anywhere and see their patient’s records, resulting in a faster response and reducing the chance that an important piece of information could be missed.
Your New EHR Features:
- Records instantaneously retrieved from any SSM facility
- Clinicians have instant access to patients’ charts
- Reduced wait time for patients
- Faster response from physicians