Healthcare

Healthcare organizations across the country are increasingly challenged to reduce medical errors and improve patient outcomes while cutting costs and increasing the productivity of clinical staff.  Industry trends unfortunately point out that medical errors are increasing while overall workflow and productivity are decreasing.  As we consider some of the current challenges within the healthcare climate, we realize that generating patient information throughout a health system is easy.  The real challenge is the ability to move patient data securely and efficiently throughout the hospital and continuum of care.  A few obstacles we face in healthcare include:

• Paper intensive manual processes which cost time & money
• Escalating document management costs
• Excess and obsolete forms – Need to digitize process & develop e-forms
• Underutilized print, copy, and data centers
• Inefficient workflow throughout clinical work areas

Solutions & Approach

The productivity of healthcare professionals – the way they work, what they need to achieve, and the most efficient way for them to do this is the foundation upon which our approach and strategy will be built.  At DS&S, we believe we have a great opportunity to deliver dramatic savings through device optimization, changes in behavior, and more efficient workflows within our heatlhcare communities and are committed to working closely with our customers to achieve this.  To help achieve this vision, a strong partnership will need to be established between DS&S,  our supplier partners, and your clinical / operational staff to develop new policies for administrative and clinical printing needs throughout your organization.  A few of our solutions include:

• Document Output and Document Lifecycle Strategy Assessments
• Best-in-class hardware and software solutions
• Distributed Fleet Management Services
• Consolidate production centers
• Implement print-on-demand solutions for forms (e-forms)
• Online library for printed forms and web-enabled ordering system
• Forms Committee to eliminate redundancy

Clinical Customized Product Solutions

The focus of many of these efforts is the nursing station—the busy crossroads where physician orders, patient care and facility management converge. But with chronic nurse shortages and increasing job pressures, the need for new tools that increase staff productivity and free up more time for quality patient care is critical.  As an authorized solutions partner for Lexmark International, our Healthcare Clinical Assistant (X646dte monochrome laser multifunction printer MFP) is pre-loaded with custom embedded healthcare-specific applications to simplify clinical workflow processes.  In addition, we can customize specific functions that are designed to easily access information through icons on the MFP' s user-friendly eTask touchscreen interface.  This allows your clinical staff to complete complicated workflow processes with a single touch—and without special training. A few benefits include:

Improve efficiency and processing procedures Increase patient safety Increase valuable work space in nursing areas

The Healthcare Clinical Assistant also contains the standard copy, fax, and scan to email functions, and additional healthcare applications to electronically route documents, scan to an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system folder, setup and print from form bookmarks, and copy ID and insurance cards.  For additional healthcare applications that might be of interest to you, we encourage you to review our website in more detail and call us to arrange a phone call or meeting to discuss your specific needs.