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Picis Emergency Department PulseCheck

Picis Emergency Department PulseCheck. Jessica Palange. Objectives. Describe Picis ED PulseCheck Describe software used with PulseCheck Describe hardware used with PulseCheck Discuss advantages of using Picis ED PulseCheck Describe information system Evaluate software used.

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Picis Emergency Department PulseCheck

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  1. Picis Emergency Department PulseCheck Jessica Palange

  2. Objectives • Describe Picis ED PulseCheck • Describe software used with PulseCheck • Describe hardware used with PulseCheck • Discuss advantages of using Picis ED PulseCheck • Describe information system • Evaluate software used • Discuss disadvantages of Picis ED PulseCheck • Describe ethical/legal issues • Describe informatics competencies • Describe functions and responsibilities of Informatics Nurse

  3. Picis ED PulseCheck • Manages patients’ emergency department experience • Web browser-based software • Designed by clinicians for clinicians • Provides quick access to patient information • Quick and easy charting • Helps improve patient flow and department management

  4. Features of PICIS ED PulseCheck • Patient tracking • Nursing and Physician documentation • Charge management • Prescription writing • Medication Reconciliation

  5. Hardware of PICIS ED Pulsecheck • Desktops/Laptops • PDAs • PICIS Pen

  6. PICIS Pen • PICIS Pen • “Making anytime, anywhere charting a reality.” (PICIS, 2008) • Combines handwriting documentation with electronic records • Document with the stoke of a pen. Place pen in cradle, and download information onto Pulsecheck.

  7. Software of PICIS ED Pulsecheck • Web-based software • Features of PICIS software

  8. Web-based Software • Definition of web-based software • Ability to update • Benefits • Disadvantages

  9. Evaluation of use • Based on the criteria identified by Effken (2009) and Staggers (2003), PICIS Pulse check is • user friendly • satisfactory in ease of use and learning • satisfaction with using, efficiency of use, error tolerance, and fit of the system to the task. • Lois Vandercook, Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital

  10. Information System of PulseCheck • Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) • Helps hospitals improve • Used in high acuity areas

  11. Information System Review • Emergency Department Information System • Used by emergency department staff • Has many functions • Mainframe configuration • Healthlevel 7 (HL7) • Highly recommended

  12. Advantages of PulseCheck • Patient tracking • Complete online ED record • Real-time documentation • Prescription writing • Decrease in ED visit

  13. Disadvantages of PulseCheck • Connection interruption • Lack of computers • Keeping staff updated

  14. Ethical Issues • Bedside computers • Computer hackers • Staff visibility

  15. Informatics Competencies • PulseCheck Updates

  16. Functions and Responsibility of Informatics Nurse • Up to date • Problems • Templates

  17. Summary of Picis PulseCheck • Web-based software • Quick and Easy Charting • Snapshot View • Reporting Tools

  18. References • (2004). Picis and Ibex Healthdata Systems Merge, Bring to Market Best-in-Cluster Solutions for High-Acuity Care. Retrieved October 20th, 2008, from TMCNet.com Web site: http://ip-bx.tmcnet.com/news/2004/aug/1062693.htm • (2008). PICIS ED Pulsecheck. Retrieved September 20th, 2008, from PICIS Web site: http://www.picis.com/products/emergency-department/ED-pulsecheck/ • (2008, April 22). Picis Unveils ED PulseCheck 4.0. Retrieved November 1, 2008, from Reuters Web site: http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS160819+22-Apr-2008+BW20080422 • (2008, November 15). Web Application. Retrieved November 23, 2008, from Wikipedia Web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_application

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