Monday, March 03, 2008
Charlotte, N.C. -- Rich McKnight, senior vice president and chief information officer at Novant Health, will be presenting insider details about Novant's adoption of Microsoft's Azyxxi software at the World Health Care Congress of Europe in Berlin, Germany on March 11, 2008.
The Azyxxi system will allow physicians to spend more time with their patient McKnight said, "A large portion of a doctor's time is spent looking for a patient's information. We are trying to change that with the new software."
With Azyxxi, a physician can pull all of the information for a patient from labs, radiology, pharmacy, and other test results from one place. Caregivers will also be notified of critical information and status changes through automatic real-time updates. Azyxxi reduces the amount of time spent filling out paperwork and can eliminate human errors caused by repeated transfer and re-recording of information.
"For example, if a patient has a liver problem, he goes to the liver specialist. The liver specialist can see what other medications he has been taking and can give him a better diagnosis. It may result in fewer tests because they will see that tests were already run. The patient may get the treatment he needs a little quicker," McKnight said.
The Azyxxi software program will be adopted first in Novant emergency departments in June, and later will be added to physician practices.
Additionally, while at the World Health Care Congress, McKnight hopes to gain a perspective of health care views and trends in other countries.
