The University of North Carolina Health Care System Teams With IBM to Implement Advanced Electronic Medical System for One Million Patients

The University of North Carolina Health Care System Teams With IBM to Implement Advanced Electronic Medical System for One Million Patients

The University of North Carolina Health Care System (UNC Health Care) and IBM today announced an advanced Web-based solution which allows over 7000 caregivers to access important medical data across in-patient and out-patient units and document patient care faster, easier and at reduced operating costs.

This comprehensive, interoperable electronic health record system, called “WebClinical Information Systems” (WebCIS) creates the foundation to securely deliver vital information anytime, anywhere via the Internet and has replaced the paper chart for almost one million patients who visit UNC Health Care annually.

Most large medical institutions that utilize electronic health records have one system for ambulatory care and another application used in the hospital setting. In most cases, these disparate systems are unable to communicate and exchange data with each other, making it nearly impossible to access comprehensive patient information when and wherever it is needed most.

By using the IBM Health Information Framework, which is based on industry open-standards and a service oriented architecture (SOA) to connect information from disparate medical systems, the new UNC Health Care WebCIS solution gives caregivers secure, single sign-on to access multiple applications, including lab reports, medical imaging, patient phone call information, scheduling, health maintenance and disease prevention modules, electronic signature/referring provider communication and more.

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