Swedish Medical implements Oracle suite to support EMR system

Oracle has announced that Swedish Medical Center, a healthcare provider, has deployed components of the Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite - Oracle Universal Content Management and Oracle Imaging and Process Management - to deliver a content-enabled electronic medical record system that helps ensure patient information is available when and where a provider needs it.

Oracle enterprise content management software also facilitated Swedish Medical Center's electronic medical record (EMR) training initiative, helping the organization ensure an on-time rollout. Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite is a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware.

The new EMR system is accelerating the creation and management of patient records. One clinic, for example, had a basic patient records management system that required approximately 12 steps to pull information from faxes, attribute it to a specific patient and incorporate the data into the patient's record.

Swedish Medical Center's new EMR system uses Oracle Imaging and Process Management to complete this task in only four steps, freeing staff to focus on other responsibilities. Swedish Medical Center also slashed the time that it took to assemble training materials for new and existing processes from 24 hours to as little as 4 hours for major productions, and even less time for individual manual productions.

Source: www.cbronline.com