Giving home care nurses a hand.
Parkview Episcopal Medical Center in Pueblo, Colo., joined forces with Patient Care Technologies of Atlanta to automate the hospital's home care department--traditionally one of the least automated areas of health care. Home care nurses using hand-held computers now make more home visits in the time previously devoted to paperwork. These extra visits generate $876,000 in additional annual revenues. What's more, automation has improved the quality of the home care division's record-keeping and patient care.
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