Patient Personal Health Records Have Become Reality Through Provider Endorsed Web-Based System.VisionTree Optimal Care in more than 40 sites; delivers quality measures and effectively collects patient outcomes data SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- VisionTree[R], the leader in Web-based patient-centered health record management and provider communication systems, announced today that its VisionTree Optimal Care[TM] (VTOC (Volume Table Of Contents) A list of files on a disk. The VTOC is the mainframe counterpart to the FAT table on a PC. VTOC - Volume Table Of Contents ) is now reaching 100,000 patients in more than 40 sites. The Web-based system effectively standardizes personal health record documentation by applying the electronic clipboard A reserved section of memory that is used as a temporary holding area for data that is copied or moved from one application to another using the copy and paste and cut and paste (move) menu options. Each time you transfer something into the clipboard, the previous contents are deleted. at every point a patient needs to complete a form. Physician's unique registration and history forms are administered through VTOC and personal health record fields are populated pop·u·late tr.v. pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing, pop·u·lates 1. To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization; people. 2. and tagged, giving healthcare consumers and physicians access to vital data when they need it. This has improved patient/provider communications, staff workflow efficiency and safety practices. "VTOC is a win-win for both healthcare consumers and their providers," said Larry Khoo, M.D., director of UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Medical Center's Spine Institute. "The system empowers us to regularly collaborate directly with our patients electronically as well as allow them to build their own personal health record and make the best decisions at the most critical times. VTOC will also serve as the vehicle to transform our practice to a true paperless office Long predicted, the paperless office is still a myth. Although paper usage has been reduced in some organizations, it has increased in others. Today's PCs make it easy to churn out documents. As one technology eliminates paper, another comes along to increase usage. environment, increasing our staff's productivity and data gathering capabilities to effectively measure patient satisfaction." VisionTree has received high approval and adoption ratings by both patients and staff with 90% finding it easy to use, 86% finding it very helpful as a tool to manage their healthcare, and 92% wanting to continue using it for their long term care needs. VTOC is a proven and secure patient health management system for collecting and storing medical and personal health records, as well as consents, reminders, messaging, education material and outcomes data. This enterprise-based system has been adopted by numerous specialties, as well as for the self management of chronic diseases including hypertension hypertension or high blood pressure, elevated blood pressure resulting from an increase in the amount of blood pumped by the heart or from increased resistance to the flow of blood through the small arterial blood vessels (arterioles). and diabetes. The system empowers healthcare consumers to decide who will have access to their personal health record history, test results and other documentation. Benefits realized by VTOC users include: * Reduced time required for staff to transfer patient and physician completed information from paper to electronic medical record systems. * Reduced transcription costs through dynamic transcription of patient and provider inputted data. * Collection of quality of life outcomes and patient satisfaction with high compliance and real-time reports. * Improved efficiency with scheduling, nurse and physician through eConsult. * Reduced missed/cancelled appointments with reminder system. Previous industry attempts to achieve widespread adoption of a Web-based personal health record systems have been challenging for several reasons, including a lack of access by the healthcare consumer and the inability to transfer the data to other medical providers. A 2006 Forrester report noted that while nearly a third of consumers track their health information in some form, just one percent of those health record-keepers are using any of the online applications that health insurance plans, other vendors or employers, are providing. VTOC has achieved significant adoption through the patient/provider relationship and giving the healthcare consumer full command of their data. "Since VTOC is used by my medical office, I fill out the information one time, and can view the data at my discretion, as well as share it with whomever whom·ev·er pron. The objective case of whoever. See Usage Note at who. whomever pron the objective form of whoever: I decide. I feel in control of my healthcare data and choices," said patient Susan Mills. VTOC is in 48 leading academic and community sites around the country which include: UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. , Henry Ford Hospital Henry Ford Hospital is a hospital located in Detroit, Michigan a few blocks from Wayne State University and the New Center area, near the Fisher Building and Cadillac Place. The hospital was founded in 1915 by Henry Ford as a philanthropic project. , Partners Telemedicine ("long distance" medicine) Using a videoconferencing link to a large medical center in order that rural health care facilities can perform diagnosis and treatment. A specialist can monitor the patient remotely taking cues from the general practitioner or nurse who is actually examining , Scripps Green Hospital and Carolinas Medical Center Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) is a public, not for profit hospital located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The hospital was organized in 1940 as Charlotte Memorial Hospital on Blythe Boulevard in the Dilworth neighborhood. . More than 200 new users on average sign up for VTOC services through their provider each week. "VTOC is making the patient-centric vision of the healthcare industry a reality," said Martin Pellinat, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of VisionTree. "VTOC customers are seeing the benefits of an easy-to-use and realistic electronic workflow system that integrates the patient into the process. Many providers have a percentage of their workflow electronic, but VTOC is the proven solution to collect forms, outcomes assessments and patient health records for the industry." About VisionTree[R]: VisionTree Software, Inc. is the leader in Web-based patient-centered health record management, communication and data collection systems. VisionTree's Healthcare Solutions consist of VisionTree Optimal Care[TM] or VTOC, VisionTree Outcomes Online[TM] and VisionTree Clinical Trials[TM] for Web-based data collection, efficient workflow, as well as improved communication, documentation and quality of care. VisionTree's customer base consists of leading academic and community healthcare organizations across the country. For more information, visit www.visiontree.com. |
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