Baylor College of Medicine Physicians Champion MedicaLogic's EMR System for Ambulatory Practice Network.HILLSBORO, Ore.--(BW HealthWire)--May 18, 1999-- Baylor will also pilot-test MedicaLogic's AboutMyHealth.net(TM) channel being developed for Web-based patient access to medical records With support from its physician community, Baylor College of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine is a private medical school located in Houston, Texas, USA on the grounds of the Texas Medical Center. It has been consistently rated the top medical school in Texas and among the best in the United States. (Houston) today announced the rollout of the Logician(R) electronic medical record (EMR (ElectroMagnetic Radiation) The emanation of energy from everything in the universe. Although the EMR from electrical and electronic devices is typically measured for practical, every-day situations, every object, including humans, emanates energy. ) system from MedicaLogic, Inc. A project steering The process whereby builders, brokers, and rental property managers induce purchasers or lessees of real property to buy land or rent premises in neighborhoods composed of persons of the same race. team selected Logician over a field of 32 commercially available EMR systems. When fully deployed, the system will be used by full-time and part-time faculty physicians and residents in the Baylor network of more than 100 primary care and specialty practices. "Logician is essential to our mission of creating a truly effective integrated healthcare network," said Ralph D. Feigin, M.D., president of Baylor College of Medicine. "It will allow us to provide the highest quality of care, while interconnecting our clinics and hospitals in a manner that promotes optimum efficiency and service to our patients." Among the functional factors leading to Baylor's decision for Logician was its industry-standard interface capability facilitating the plug-and-play interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. within practices and between Baylor's sites and the rest of the enterprise. That interoperability will be reflected in initial links between Logician and the clinic-based practice management and laboratory systems, and subsequently to systems handling orders, medications and referrals. "No matter who you talk to, whether it's family physicians or specialists, there is real enthusiasm for Logician and an eagerness to move forward with it," said Robert Beck Robert Beck may refer to:
Along with its commitment to EMR, Baylor has identified beta sites An organization or group that is beta testing hardware and/or software. See beta test. which will pilot-test AboutMyHealth.net, an innovative channel MedicaLogic is developing to facilitate direct, Web-based interaction between patients and their physicians. When available later this year, AboutMyHealth.net will give patients access to their Logician-based medical record and enable them to schedule appointments, order medication refills, ask questions about their treatment, read pertinent PERTINENT, evidence. Those facts which tend to prove the allegations of the party offering them, are called pertinent; those which have no such tendency are called impertinent, 8 Toull. n. 22. By pertinent is also meant that which belongs. Willes, 319. educational material and more. "There is enormous potential in this concept, especially in the improved communication between patients and doctors," Beck said. "It will result in better quality of care and higher patient satisfaction." The Baylor decision for Logician follows similar actions by other leading health systems, bringing to nearly 40 the number of major health-provider organizations using the EMR system. Most recently, Logician was selected by Yale-New Haven Health System, Christus Health, and NASA's flight medicine clinic at Johnson Space Center. About MedicaLogic The mission of MedicaLogic is Clinical eHealthcare: providing the electronic medical record and surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. communications tools for physicians and patients that enhance the quality, service, and cost-effectiveness cost-effectiveness pertaining to cost-effective. cost-effectiveness analysis a comparison of the relative cost-efficiencies of two or more ways of performing a task or achieving an objective. of healthcare in the ambulatory Movable; revocable; subject to change; capable of alteration. An ambulatory court was the former name of the Court of King's Bench in England. It would convene wherever the king who presided over it could be found, moving its location as the king moved. environment. For more than 14 years, MedicaLogic has served its customers through its national network of distribution partners, implementation partners and the company's own sales and implementation personnel in more than 20 offices across the country. For more information on MedicaLogic, go to www.medicalogic.com. MedicaLogic, Logician and AboutMyHealth are registered trademarks of MedicaLogic, Inc. |
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