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Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, which runs a 225-bed hospital and multiple outpatient clinics in Washington state, chose Access PFS to complement its Siemens Soarian system with powerful forms and workflow automation features. PFS replaces the bottlenecks caused by paper forms with new efficiencies. Users easily design customized forms without the help of a print shop, and Yakima’s entire forms library is stored electronically in a central repository. On the back end, PFS interfaces with Yakima’s document imaging system to index data automatically and relieve the burden of manual data entry.

Areas using Access solutions: Patient registration, HIM, clinical departments

Integration: Siemens Soarian

Access products deployed: Patient Flow System

Business Problems
  • Patient registration and care are delayed by the manual completion of paper forms.
  • Lack of a standardized forms management tool means hundreds of outdated and unauthorized forms circulate.
  • Printing costs 17 cents per page due to the large number of complex forms being printed.
  • Staff struggle to share information between departments.

 

Solutions
  • Rapid completion of electronic forms enables staff to deliver timely and informed care.
  • Single, secure electronic forms repository ensures all data on forms is current and forms are authorized.
  • Reduction of forms output cuts printing costs by 12 cents per page (from 17 cents to 5 cents)
  • Users across the hospital share forms information in real time via automated workflow.

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