DHMC, Concord Hospital listed among 'Most Wired'.Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Coordinates: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) is New Hampshire's only academic medical center and is headquartered on a 225-acre campus in the heart of the Upper Connecticut River Valley, in Lebanon, New Hampshire. in Lebanon Lebanon, country, Asia Lebanon (lĕb`ənən, –nŏn'), officially Republic of Lebanon, republic (2005 est. pop. 3,826,000), 4,015 sq mi (10,400 sq km), SW Asia. and Concord Concord, cities, United States Concord (kŏng`kərd, kŏn`kôrd'). 1 city (1990 pop. 111,348), Contra Costa co., W central Calif.; settled c.1852, inc. 1906. Hospital have been named among the nation's "Most Wired" hospitals, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the results of the 2006 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study released in the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine. DHMC DHMC Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center DHMC Denver Health Medical Center DHMC Digital Human Modeling Conference (Society of Automotive Engineers) has been recognized as a "Most Wired" hospital for six of the last seven years. It was the fifth year in a row that Concord Hospital has received the honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. . According to Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, hospitals that are recognized in the "Most Wired" study are leaders in helping consumers take charge of their health care by providing more tools via the internet. They also strive to improve quality, satisfaction, and patient care by investing in technology to streamline business and clinical practices, reduce medical errors, and improve clinical outcomes. "At DHMC, we've put a major emphasis on empowering patients through our Website," said Melanie Mastanduno, director of quality measurement. "For example, patients can use the Internet to fred DHMC's key clinical quality performance and patient satisfaction information. Our designation as a 'Most Wired--Small and Rural' hospital fits well with our goal to use information technology to help patients make good decisions about their health and their health care." In addition to clinical information, DHMC was one of the first institutions to publish its charges on the Web. DHMC recently launched an online "Out-of-Pocket Estimator" that allows patients to query DHMC charges and their estimated payment responsibility for a variety of services, including office visits, diagnostic tests and surgical procedures Surgical procedures have long and possibly daunting names. The meaning of many surgical procedure names can often be understood if the name is broken into parts. For example in splenectomy, "ectomy" is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the body. "Splene-" means spleen. . Over 23,000 patients at Dartmouth-Hitchcock physician practices throughout the state have secure Web-based Patient Online accounts which they use to communicate with their healthcare providers, renew prescriptions, obtain test results and access notes from their physician office visits. Deane Morrison, chief information officer at Concord Hospital, said the award "validates Concord Hospital's commitment to technology that enhances patient care," He said that, among its uses of technology, Concord Hospital has computer-based patient medical records for access of patient data by clinical staff at any location, employs medication bar coding to ensure patients receive the correct medication and dose and provides digital radiology radiology, branch of medicine specializing in the use of X rays, gamma rays, radioactive isotopes, and other forms of radiation in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. images to improve diagnosis and access for clinical staff. |
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