“Because of ORIS integration,
nurses can spend more time
at the patient bedside.”
Marylee Riggio, RN
Director of Surgical Services, Beaufort Memorial Hospital
CASE STUDY
*
A Breakthrough at Beaufort Memorial Hospital:
CareFusion Integrates Supply Dispensing Technology and OR Information Systems
Today, hospitals are focusing on the perioperative care areas More time with patients
to address issues surrounding fi nancial performance, clinician The numbers are impressive, but there’s a human side to the
workfl ow and patient safety. Let’s look at an impressive example: story: Nurses now spend less time with administrative tasks and
Beaufort Memorial Hospital, a 197-bed community facility located more time with patients—which improves the quality of care and
in Beaufort, South Carolina. boosts job satisfaction.
In 2008 Beaufort Memorial became the fi rst hospital in the Listen to what RN Marylee Riggio has to say, Beaufort Memorial’s
U.S. to implement an ORIS integration solution enabling director of surgical services: “Because of ORIS integration, nurses
interoperability between the hospital’s supply automation in the OR can do their jobs more effectively, more effi ciently and
solution (Pyxis ProcedureStation
™
system) and its OR information with more accurate documentation. They save time, and
management system (Picis
®
OR Manager). ultimately, they can spend more time at the patient bedside. And
there’s defi nitely a patient safety aspect because of all the checks
Immediate results against incorrect documentation.”
Hospital clinicians and administrative leaders worked closely with
CareFusion—which spearheaded the successful integration of the A healthier bottom line
two systems. Within 60 days, dramatic improvements in several There’s a strong economic benefi t for the hospital, as well.
key metrics were achieved: According to Andrea Zeman, RN, CNOR, Beaufort Memorial’s
surgical services staff development manager, the ORIS
• 62 percent reduction in overall process time—the time it takes integration “…is saving time for the team in the OR. While the
for a supply item to be obtained or dispensed and documented room is getting turned over for the next scheduled surgery,
in the OR clinical record. the system is helping us save time in closing out the billing
• 33 percent reduction in implant documentation time—the time for the outgoing case. In short, we can get out of the room
it takes for a clinician to document the supplies, implants and faster, achieve a lower level of OR supply returns and, ultimately,
staff time required for a surgical procedure. achieve greater throughput in terms of the volumes of surgeries
• An average reduction of 10.9 minutes per implant case in the per day.”
amount of time spent by nurses charting implant and supply
usage in the OR. This is one more example of how CareFusion is combining data
• 50 percent reduction in the time required for back-end and technology to help improve patient care and enable hospitals
reconciliation of items used in surgical procedures. to run more effi ciently.
• A substantial improvement in preference card accuracy and
charge capture effi ciency. To learn more, visit
carefusion.com/OR.
*Beaufort Memorial Hospital. CareFusion, 2009.
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