More than 2.4 million members covered by inpatient electronic medical
records
OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Kaiser Permanente today announced that ten of its California hospitals have completed their inpatient deployments of Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect(TM), the organization's electronic health record.
Kaiser Permanente has long been a pioneer in implementing health information technology. KP HealthConnect is the world's largest civilian electronic health record and this week's milestone puts the organization well ahead of hospital-based organizations. A recent report from the California HealthCare Foundation indicated that less than 13 percent of California hospitals (including Kaiser Permanente's), had fully implemented an electronic health record.
Now, nearly a third of Kaiser Permanente's California hospitals are fully deployed ensuring that 2.4 million members are ensured full access to their comprehensive health information, regardless of how and when they need medical care -- whether in the exam room, online, or in the emergency room.
"With the completion of 10 hospitals, more than 2.4 million Kaiser Permanente members are covered completely by an electronic medical record, which means that their records are instantly available at their hospitals and doctor's offices, so they can receive the care they need, when and where they need it," said Andrew Wiesenthal, MD, national physician lead for KP HealthConnect and Associate Executive Director of The Permanente Federation. "This is a significant shift from the paper world, where health records are virtually never available prior to admission."
Kaiser Permanente's electronic health record is expected to improve
quality, service and patient safety. With KP HealthConnect in place, nearly
all Kaiser Permanente members are already routinely treated with an
electronic chart in the outpatient setting, and all of Kaiser
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