GE Medical Systems and The Indiana Heart Hospital Create All-Digital Hospital of the Future
Advanced Technology Expected To Improve Patient Care, Reduce Medical Errors, and Save Time & Costs
SAN DIEGO – The Indiana Heart Hospital, the first comprehensive all-digital heart hospital is expected to improve patient care and reduce medical errors by up to 80 percent, while saving time and healthcare costs.
Specifically, The Indiana Heart Hospital will feature the latest cardiac technology and patient information systems designed to deliver better, faster patient care. A partnership with GE Medical Systems, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), has enabled The Indiana Heart Hospital medical and management team to design this innovative “hospital of the future.”
According to health care futurist and internationally recognized author Russ Coile, the digital transformation of healthcare is underway. “The Indiana Heart Hospital is a prototype and model for hospitals across the country. It illustrates many of the latest trends in healthcare -- including the increased focus on quality of care with instant availability and input of medical information, an emphasis on reducing medical errors, and the emergence of centers of excellence,” said Coile.
The Indiana Heart Hospital is a $60 million, 210,000-square-foot facility, built from the ground up. At the center of the all-digital facility is the GE Centricity™
Information System, an advanced system that can integrate four types of patient information – cardiac waveforms, images, text and data – into a single longitudinal electronic record that can span a patient’s entire lifetime. Centricity helps medical staff by making patient information readily available at the point of care – from computerized provider order entry systems, physician offices and all areas of the hospital, including the emergency room, intensive care unit, operating room, recovery rooms and general care floor.
“The all-digital technology at The Indiana Heart Hospital means that physicians can have life-saving information about patients in a keystroke rather than having to wait hours or even days for critical medical records and results from previous tests or treatment,” said Dr. Michael Venturini, chief medical officer at The Indiana Heart Hospital. “This time savings and efficiency is critical especially when diagnosing and treating people with heart disease.”
Because of the all-digital environment, health care providers will be able to spend more time at patients’ bedsides. As a result, The Indiana Heart Hospital does not have traditional nurses stations. Also, instead of paper-based charts that often sit out on desks or countertops, or can be misplaced, information is directly captured by GE’s clinical monitoring devices, stored electronically and accessible only with a sophisticated password system to ensure privacy.
“Despite the many steps forward in medical research and technology, many hospitals still have the lack of efficiency and operational speed of manufacturers and banks twenty or thirty years ago,” said Greg Lucier, president and CEO of GE Medical Systems Information Technologies. “The unprecedented combination of digital technology, staff commitment and training can make The Indiana Heart Hospital a superior health facility for patients and an excellent prototype for future hospitals.”
Other advanced technology at The Indiana Heart Hospital includes the world’s first all-digital cardiovascular imaging system, the GE Innova™
2000; a gender-specific ECG system for women called the GE GenderSmart™
12SL; and an advanced LightSpeed™
computed tomography (CT) system.
The healthcare advancements to be featured at The Indiana Heart Hospital are among the topics to be discussed during a GE Medical Systems media conference entitled, “The Digital Hospital: The Present and The Future” held at the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference on Monday, Feb. 10.
About GE Medical Systems
GE Medical Systems is a $9 billion global leader in medical imaging, interventional procedures, healthcare services, and information technology. Its offerings include networking and productivity tools, clinical information systems, patient monitoring systems, surgery and vascular imaging, conventional and digital X-ray, computed tomography, electron beam tomography, magnetic resonance, ultrasound and bone mineral densitometry, positron emission tomography, nuclear medicine, and a comprehensive portfolio of clinical and business services. For more than 100 years, health care providers worldwide have relied on GE Medical Systems for high quality medical technology and productivity solutions. For more information, visit the GE Medical Systems Web site at www.gemedical.com
About The Indiana Heart Hospital
The Indiana Heart Hospital is a $60 million joint venture involving the Indianapolis-based Community Health Network and nationally respected cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons. The facility will be Indiana’s first dedicated heart hospital offering a comprehensive range of cardiovascular services for heart patients and their families. This 210,000-square-foot facility will feature 88 patient beds, 32 outpatient rooms, four surgery suites, six cardiac catheterization labs, and a cardiac emergency department. The hospital will apply state-of-the-art technologies and a patient-focused philosophy to allow its physicians to redefine cardiovascular wellness, diagnosis, treatment and recovery. More information can be found at www.hearthospital.com.
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