EDIM Emergency Department Electronic Medical Record Demonstrates How an ED-Specific EMR Provides Superior Outcomes and Pays for Itself
Wednesday, February 20, 2008; Posted: 11:54 PM

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| PR Charts -- With the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), the country's largest health care information systems conference, taking place less than a week away, thousands of hospital administrators will be exploring whether to make the investment in an electronic medical record (EMR) for their Emergency Department. In an era of declining reimbursements, pay-for-performance and the out-migration of services, a New Jersey-based Emergency Department Solutions Provider, EDIMS, LLC (www.edims.net), has perfected an ED-specific EMR, EDIM, which provides superior outcomes over legacy systems and pays for itself through its powerful charge capture feature.

Hospital electronic medical records are traditionally first implemented in "high-profit" areas of the hospital, such as surgical suites and in-patient floors, and yet in most cases the busiest part of the hospital, the Emergency Department, well-known as the "Front Door to the Hospital," is the last area to be considered.

In many cases, the ED is forced to accept a standardized "ED module," which is part of a larger legacy system. Sadly, the end result is a product that is cumbersome, difficult to learn, time-consuming and creates an environment of low provider adoption which usually ends up with a very frustrated CFO never achieving the projected return on adoption and investment.

Higher provider compliance, ED-specific reporting, proven risk-reduction, end-user ergonomics, are just some of the reasons why ED-specific EMRs are being selected as a "best practice" approach for today's Emergency Departments. Systems like the EDIM solution are easily linked to hospital legacy systems, and allow hospitals to achieve an immediate return on their investment.

EDIMS, LLC's product, Emergency Department Information Manager (EDIM), was placed in three separate urban, suburban and rural hospital Emergency Departments and the financial results from just the charge capture piece alone were spectacular. The Urban Hospital saw a 21% increase in ED collections with a $55.00 increase in per/patient collections; the Suburban Hospital saw a 33% increase in ED charges which resulted in over $2.3 million dollars in captured charges; and the Rural Hospital in phase one of the implementation saw a 59% increase in ED charges.

EDIMS, LLC will be showcasing its entire suite of ED Solutions at HIMSS. For additional information, please view their website at www.edims.net or stop by their booth (Booth #2570) at HIMSS. For immediate inquiries, please e-mail Scott Serbin at serbins@alpha-apr.com or call via mobile at (973) 251-1075.

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SOURCE: EDIMS, LLC

EDIMS, LLC Scott Serbin, Director of Marketing 973-251-1075 Serbins@alpha-apr.com

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