In the fast-paced environments of Emergency Rooms and NICUs, every second counts. Efficiency is paramount, but so is minimizing the risk of errors in patient data. Nurses, who are constantly multi-tasking and switching between responsibilities need workflows that save time and simplify processes. By directly integrating devices with EMRs, hospitals not only improve organizational efficiency but also improve patient safety while meeting regulatory standards. Implementing an effective integration strategy with a reliable partner like seca can minimize delays and maximize benefits.
Consider a critical aspect of patient intake: accurately measuring a patient's weight and height. This process can be greatly improved with seca scales that feature direct EMR-validated integration with Electronic Medical Records (EMRs). This innovative solution allows seca medical scales to seamlessly exchange data with hospital EMRs in both directions.
According to the American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey, by 2021, nearly 4 out of 5 office-based physicians (78%) and almost all non-federal acute care hospitals (96%) had implemented certified EMR/EHR systems. This shows significant progress from 2011, when only 28% of hospitals and 34% of physicians had adopted EHRs.
These statistics highlight the growing necessity for medical devices to integrate with EMRs to meet the advanced functionality required in today's healthcare settings.
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The Need for Direct EMR Integration
In addition to the industry trend toward EMR integration, the very real potential for data entry error is another catalyst for upgrading to devices with EMR capabilities. Imagine a nurse quickly jotting down a patient’s weight and height to enter later into the EMR. Minutes later, while transcribing the data, a simple error—like transposing a number—can have significant consequences, potentially affecting medication dosages and patient outcomes. Manual entry leaves room for human error, but seca’s scales with EMR-validated integration offer a game-changing solution to the problem.
Advantages of seca’s Direct EMR-Integrated Device Workflow
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Accuracy and Safety at Your Fingertips
Direct integration ensures that patient measurements are accurately recorded in the EMR without the risk of documentation errors. Nurses confirm the patient ID, and the measurement data flows automatically from the device to the patient record, enhancing accuracy and patient safety.
Increased Efficiency and Improved Workflow
Imagine a world where nurses spend less time on routine, repetitive documentation of patient measurements. EMR-integrated workflows make it possible. With seca’s direct EMR-validated integration, providers spend less time on routine documentation. Weight and height directly transfer from the device to the digital record, freeing up valuable time for patient care.
Enhanced Safety for Pediatric Patients
Accurate medication dosing is critical, particularly for vulnerable pediatric patients, where dose calculation errors are the most common and can have severe consequences. EMR-integrated measurements ensure that weight and height data are precisely recorded, reducing the risk of errors that could lead to incorrect dosing, thereby enhancing safety and improving outcomes for these at-risk patients.
Simplified Measurement Standardization: Easily supports KG-only measurement values
No more concerns about inadvertent switching or recording of values, imperial vs. metric. The Direct EMR-validated integration workflow can be configured so that only metric values are utilized in the process and entered in the patient record, thereby eliminating the risk of errors from unit conversion or incorrect values being recorded.
Supports Patient-Centered Care
Integrated device workflows and improvements to efficiency, even incremental ones, help foster a better patient and clinician experience at the point of care. Providers have more time to observe, engage and be present to patients in a personal way, less encumbered with entering measurement data in the EMR.
Best Practices for Implementing EMR Integration
- Customize the integration to align with existing workflows.
- Identify potential workflow failures or inefficiencies early to prevent future problems.
- Provide brief training sessions during the integration process, not just afterward.
- Collaborate with vendors who offer robust, proven integration solutions.
Transform Patient Care with seca and CME
Direct EMR-integrated measurements are more than just a time-saver—they represent a quiet revolution in patient care, delivering immediate benefits to both patients and providers. Through seca's partnership with CME, healthcare facilities can implement this innovative solution seamlessly and efficiently.
Let CME and seca help you take the next step in transforming patient care.
CME is your go-to, one-stop-shop for seca scales. We have a long-standing relationship with seca and can work with you to find the best scales for your healthcare facility and staff.
Our Direct-to-Site services assure scales are delivered and installed when it is convenient for the facility. And, CME Biomedical Technicians will keep your seca equipment up and running with preventative annual maintenance, service, or repair.
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1. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. ‘National Trends in Hospital and Physician Adoption of Electronic Health Records,’ Health IT Quick-Stat #61
About seca: seca Corporation is the global leader in medical measuring systems and scales, specializing in innovative solutions for weight, height, and body composition analysis. With over 184 years of expertise, seca is committed to enhancing patient care through precise, reliable, and integrated medical technology. Partnering with leading EMR systems like Epic, Cerner, Meditech, and HL7 International, seca ensures seamless integration and improved efficiency in healthcare workflows worldwide.
About CME: CME Corp is the nation’s premier source for healthcare equipment, turnkey logistics, and biomedical services, representing 2 million+ products from more than 2,000 manufacturers. With two corporate offices and 35+ service centers, our mission is to help healthcare facilities nationwide reduce the cost of the equipment they purchase, make their equipment specification, delivery, installation, and maintenance processes more efficient, and help them seamlessly launch, renovate and expand on schedule.
