New electric form at Parker speeds patient transfers

The Continuum of Care Improvement Through Information – New York (CCITI NY) Electronic Transfer Form, now implemented at the Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is seeking to improve transferring patients.
Parker Jewish and LIJ recently implemented the first electronic medical transfer with CCITI NY, which is meant to “improve the quality, patient safety, cost and satisfaction aspects of transferring patients between acute, post-acute and ambulatory care organizations.” This marked the first pair of the pilot program to go live.
“What makes this project unique is it’s not being done electronically anywhere yet,” Michael N. Rosenblut, president and CEO of Parker, said. “Many times, you’ll receive an approved transfer, but the paper doesn’t make it with the ambulance and that’s a quality-of-care issue… Receiving the information electronically is a huge plus for the patient and the receiving organization.”
One benefit of the system is the reduction of the amount of times patients are readmitted and associated costs.
The system uses a secure and encrypted data connective over the Internet to provide not only the transfer form, but also clinical decision support services. Clinicians are provided with essential information that can impact how patients are care for.
In addition, the support services detect drug-drug or drug-allergy interactions that could be harmful.
Currently, four nursing homes and four acute care facilities are taking part in CCITI NY’s pilot program.
For more information about CCITI NY, visit www.ccitiny.org.