HealthAlliance Hospital is extremely proud to provide patients with some of
the most state-of-the-art programs and technology available. Some examples are
listed below.
eICU Program
HealthAlliance Hospital
provides an extra level of specialized care to patients admitted to its 10-bed
Critical Care Unit (CCU). The eICU,
which operates around the clock, allows specially trained critical care
physicians at the eICU Support Center located at UMass Memorial Medical
Center in Worcester to monitor a CCU patient's status at HealthAlliance Hospital
in real time. By helping to identify a potentially dangerous trend in a
patient's condition in the earliest stages, the eICU physician can
assist the hospital's critical care team in implementing treatment before
conditions worsen.
Computerized Provider Order Entry
HealthAlliance Hospital has begun placing its medication and nonmedication
orders electronically through a newly activated computerized provider order
entry (CPOE) system. CPOE allows HealthAlliance Hospital to address patient
safety initiatives to better serve its patients and the community.
HealthAlliance Hospital is committed to leveraging clinical information
technology to support our goal of delivering our patients the best and safest
possible care. The CPOE system enhances our patient safety by supporting
evidence-based physician practice and reducing medication errors.
Medication Administration Check
HealthAlliance
Hospital implemented a new, state-of-the-art technology to ensure that patient
safety and quality care are delivered each and every day. This initiative is an
advanced patient safety system known as Medication Administration Check or
MAK.
HealthAlliance Hospital is one of only a small percent of hospitals
nationwide that have implemented MAK. During a patient's stay, clinicians and
pharmacists use a barcoding system that positively matches the patient with the
correct medication, associates with the correct times of their administration,
documents the transaction, adds the information to the electronic medication
administration record, verifies the dose and checks for any potential adverse
drug interactions.
This system has been proven to reduce the risk of potential medication errors
and is another example of HealthAlliance Hospital's commitment to patient safety
and quality care.