Michigan Hospital Seeks to Further Improve Emergency Department Patient Throughput and Documentation with ibex PulseCheck.

Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers

ROSEMONT, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2003

Mount Clemens General Hospital in Mount Clemens, Michigan, facing increased admissions to one of the busiest Emergency Centers in the area, will implement the ibex PulseCheck(R) Emergency Department Information System. Developed by ibex Healthdata Systems of Rosemont, IL, the premier provider of innovative Web browser-based emergency department information solutions to the healthcare industry, ibex PulseCheck will be installed at the facility's Emergency Center to further improve patient throughput and documentation. The signing of Mount Clemens General Hospital brings the total number of hospital sites to 82 representing more than 3.2 million patients across the country annually triaged and their treatment automatically tracked and documented during their emergency department visits using ibex PulseCheck.

Mount Clemens General Hospital is a 288-bed acute care osteopathic hospital serving residents of Mount Clemens, Michigan, and Macomb County. The Emergency Center recently underwent a major renovation expanding the facility to more than 22,000 square feet. The Emergency Center features 24 private exam rooms, seven open treatment rooms, three trauma rooms, three centralized nursing stations, a new family waiting area, new triage and patient registration areas, two x-ray rooms and one CAT scan room. Mount Clemens General Hospital's Emergency Center sees more than 57,000 emergency patients each year.

"We have seen a significant increase in the number of patients coming through our Emergency Center and we needed a way to manage that increased volume," says Sue Durst, Director of Emergency and Critical Care Services. "ibex PulseCheck had the full-functioning system we were looking for to track the status and whereabouts of all patients in real time."

Mount Clemens General Hospital will be implementing ibex PulseCheck's Patient Tracking and Reporting system, the Nursing Documentation System, the Prescription Writer, Discharge Instructions and interfaces to the hospital's Quadramed ADT systems and laboratory and radiology systems for results.

Developed by emergency room clinicians, nurses and staff, ibex PulseCheck has been designed specifically for the emergency department with the flexibility to meet individual hospitals' and emergency departments' needs. The system's Web browser-style format is easy for clinicians to use, and the system connects seamlessly to virtually all other hospital information systems.