Carefx Implements Fusionfx at Fletcher Allen Health Care to Improve Anywhere/Anytime Access to Crucial Patient I...( SCOTTSDALE Ariz. Ju...),Health

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Carefx Corporation today announced the successful deployment of its Fusionfx solution at Fletcher Allen Health Care, a nationally recognized academic medical center that provides advanced care to approximately one million people in Vermont and northern New York. Over 2,000 physicians, nurses and other clinical staff are embracing Fusionfx, Carefx's clinical workflow solution, to access relevant patient information from multiple information systems.

Fusionfx streamlines how clinicians interact with patient data, reducing clinical errors and increasing individual productivity. By closing the gaps that occur between different providers, venues and systems, care providers can offer a more consistent, higher quality experience for the patient.

"The driving force behind selecting Carefx was our recent EPIC EHR implementation, which fundamentally changed the way we practiced medicine at the hospital," said Charles Podesta, Chief Information Officer for Fletcher Allen. "Although our clinical and administrative staff would be utilizing the Epic EHR system 24/7, there were still key clinical systems including PACS, Operating Room, Pre-Op and others that needed to interoperate with EPIC." Fusionfx enables Fletcher Allen's new EPIC Electronic Health Record System and mission critical applications to work in concert. Clinicians now benefit from highly synchronized patient information within the context of carefully studied clinical workflows.

The push to implement Fusionfx originated with Howard Schapiro, M.D., Fletcher Allen's Chair of Anesthesiology. He wanted to provide clinicians with rapid, intuitive access to patient data found within multiple OR-related applications. OR managers and clinicians now review surgical procedures scheduled for specific rooms, as well as availability of surgical instrumentation. Anesthesia provi
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