Mr. Dempsey, Director of Radology at Springhill Medical Center
Springhill Medical Center is a 252 bed complete medical-surgical healthcare facility in Mobile, Alabama. With more than 25 years of service to the community, Springhill Medical Center offers comprehensive medical services from open-heart surgery to full diagnostic capabilities, women's and children's care, cancer care and a 24-hour emergency department.
Springhill Medical Center began its transformation to digital radiology in early 2002. Facing the rapid evolution of technology that can quickly overwhelm an organization whose main goal is to provide the best care possible for its patients, Springhill Medical Center realized the strategic importance of implementing a PACS that would be a seamless extension of its enterprise information systems. In Eclipsys' and Sectra's integrated solution - Knowledge-Based Diagnostic Imaging™ (KBDI), an advanced clinical offering that provides hospitals with Sectra's radiology PACS in conjunction with Eclipsys' clinical information system - Springhill found the solution that fit the needs that had been identified.
"By utilizing the KBDI solution, the Springhill radiology department now has the ability to operate film-free while providing physicians with immediate access to radiology reports and images as part of the patient's electronic medical record", Mr. Dempsey concludes.
Springhill placed the solution into a live production environment in March 2004 and the system has performed "flawlessly from day one", according to Mr. Dempsey. Training was completed by over 100 employees in 30 days prior to go live. The workflow improvements facilitated by the system met with an immediate positive reception throughout the entire hospital, and the radiologists are very pleased with the solution and how the project has been carried out. The system is undergoing continual adaptation to the users' individual needs in cooperation with the Eclipsys trainers.
"Through our partnership with Sectra we are able to provide a new diagnostic imaging solution that allows our customers to further streamline the workflow of clinical information, reduce operating costs and achieve new levels of efficiency," says Paul L. Ruflin, president and CEO of Eclipsys.
