Intersystems has released the 2010 version of Trakcare, its web-based healthcare information system offering clinical, administrative, laboratory and community care capabilities.
The 2010 release has undergone several enhancements including: new functionality for increased clinical productivity and patient safety; embedded business intelligence capabilities; and functionality for measuring and meeting service guarantees.
Implementations range from single sites to country-wide deployments.
With an electronic patient record at its core, Trakcare enables authorised users to securely access and update patient information via a single log-on from any internet access point.
Trakcare's Clinician Priority Workbench is said to improve productivity by enabling clinicians to assess, prioritise and take action on workload related to all their patients from a single screen.
Functionality enables clinicians to view and manage scheduled clinic appointments and bookings for operating theatres, meetings, tasks to be completed, current patient lists, unread results, pending orders, and pending discharges.
The Clinical Consultation functionality delivers an efficient and flexible means of recording the details, clinical notes, tasks or actions required to complete a patient consultation from a single screen without constant switching between screens or unnecessary repeated data entry.
Enhanced Clinical Handovers functionality enables a flexible approach to sharing important inpatient and emergency patient information between care providers during shift changes, supporting a seamless transition of care.
Trakcare can be used to re-assign care providers, displaying pertinent information in patient-specific handover screens and multiple patient lists.
Trakcare's Medication Management functionality helps nursing staff reduce risk and increase patient safety by minimising adverse drug events while providing patients with peace of mind.
Trakcare utilises barcodes at the point of care to positively identify a patient, identify a medication dose and validate them both against a current active and matching prescription.
Embedded in Trakcare is Intersystems Deepsee business intelligence software that facilitates business process analysis and optimisation using live operational data.
A library of more than 100 preconfigured dashboards supports efficient operations, timely decision-making, risk identification and metrics against key performance indicators.
Trakcare's business intelligence capabilities are not based upon a single repository or data warehouse but utilise Trakcare's single data repository, the Intersystems Cache database.
Queries can be performed against live operational data, ensuring the accuracy and relevance of results.
Trakcare's Service Guarantee functionality helps organisations meet and measure their compliance with mandatory or voluntary service targets such as waiting list control, referral to treatment time, and delivery of appropriate care within set guidelines for a specific patient diagnosis.
