The leadership at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital fully understands the importance of technology to modern medicine. Since our first computerized order entry system was installed in the mid 1990’s, there has been on-going integration of technology in the care of our patients. The highlights of our current system are below.
Sunrise Clinical Manager – Designed by Eclipsys for University Hospitals, installation began in the spring of 2008. Currently it is used for clinical results (lab, radiology, pathology, etc.), patient tracking and review of dictated reports (outpatient notes, etc.). Over the upcoming months, more and more functions will be added, including order entry, vital sign tracking and note writing.
PACS – used to view radiographic studies (this feature is also available in Sunrise)
RECS – designed by a former Rainbow Resident specifically for our program, this system is used for daily note writing and for generating a standardized sign-out. It helps improve efficiency by cross-referencing certain data between your notes and your sign-out and also by providing organized to-do lists for the on-call residents.
PCOSS – computerized order entry stystem. Scheduled to be replaced by Sunrise in the near future, our current system allows for the placing of orders from anywhere in the hospital (including call rooms).
Hospital Intranet – In order to facilitate evidence based medical practice, Rainbow provides free access to countless journals from any computer in the hospital and also to subscription sites such as Up To Date and MDconsult. There is also a common shared hard-drive (“The S drive”) which houses the residency program’s educational materials, including on-line learning modules, lecture handouts, hospital policies, etc. All of these features are also available via VPN from your home computer.
Physician Portal – Web-based program that contains lab results, radiology and pathology reports, outpatient notes and discharge summaries. Available from both inside and outside the hospital.