“From a new triage workflow to standardized order sets to communication shortcuts, the emergency room team at Madigan Army Medical Center is constantly finding new ways to use or improve MHS GENESIS.”
“The section’s largest project by far was revamping the triage notes to improve the workflow, add stronger psychology documentation and bolster falls prevention, according to Krista Marcum, a staff emergency room nurse who runs operations for the ER’s nursing section and leads performance improvement as well. In total, revising the notes took about nine months of coordinated effort…”
“Altogether it took a multiservice and a multidisciplinary team (leadership, physicians, nurses, a psychiatrist and informatics experts) to put together revised notes that affected care from the emergency room to inpatient floors.”
“Marcum offered some lessons learned for others attempting to influence change in MHS GENESIS…” Read the full article here.
Source: Madigan ER helps shape MHS GENESIS – By Suzanne Ovel, March 28, 2019. US Army.
