- CPMRC Content and Transformation Process to Help Wisconsin-based HealthSystem Standardize Care and Support Collaboration, Care Documentation andEvidenced-Based Practice
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The CPM Resource Center (CPMRC) (http://www.cpmrc.com/), an Elsevier(http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/homepage.cws_home) company and leader indeveloping clinical practice guidelines for healthcare, today announced thatit will be the clinical content source for patient care plans and clinicaldocumentation at multiple hospitals of Milwaukee-based Froedtert & CommunityHealth (http://www.froedtert.com/home.aspx). This leading Wisconsin hospitalgroup is composed of Froedtert Hospital, the major teaching hospital of theMedical College of Wisconsin; Community Memorial Hospital in Menomonee Falls;and St. Joseph's Hospital in West Bend.
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"The choice of CPMRC as the clinical content provider for clinicaldocumentation and care plans within our electronic health record had theemphatic endorsement of a wide base of multiple disciplines across thesystem," said Kathy Bechtel, Vice President for Patient Care Services andChief Nursing Officer at Froedtert Hospital.
"CPMRC is a content source as well as a transformation process thatenhances the hospital system's plan of care process, use of evidence-basedbest practices and interdisciplinary teamwork and collaboration," said MaryMartin, Director of Patient Care Services at St. Joseph's Hospital.
Froedtert & Community Health last year began implementation of theinpatient Epic EHR. As part of phase two planning for the inpatient clinicaldocumentation in 2009, a task force of interdisciplinary professionals fromFroedtert, Community Memorial and St. Joseph's launched a collaborativedecision making process to choose the clinical content source for itsinpatient care plans. The hospital system's Epic Executive ManagementCommittee approved the CPRMC recommendation in December 2009.
"By partnering with CPMRC to implement standardized evidence basedclinical content for care plans and documentation of professional services,these hospitals will advance evidence-based interdisciplinary care andcollaboration, address requirements of meaningful use and enhance the patientexperience," said Michelle Troseth, MSN, RN, DPNAP, CPMRC's Executive VicePresident and Chief Professional Practice Officer. "Through delivery ofaccurate, timely clinical decision support to interdisciplinary knowledgeworkers and teams, Froedtert & Community Health is poised to create some ofthe best environments in the nation to give and receive care."
Froedtert & Community Health professionals were also eager to participatein CPMRC's 25-year-old International Healthcare Consortium, where close to300 hospital members implement an innovative interdisciplinary practiceframework across multiple care settings through interdisciplinary teams. TheCPMRC consortium recently received the 2010 National Academies of PracticeInterdisciplinary Group Recognition Award.
"We believe that CPMRC will increase the efficiency of an integrated planof care and result in greater consistency in care at Froedtert & CommunityHealth," said Teri Lux, Vice President for Patient Care Services and ChiefNursing Officer at Community Memorial Hospital. "The components of the CPMframework, including evidence-based content and methods to support integratedteam competency offer a more holistic and robust tool to guide patient care.CPMRC content has a clear differentiating edge in supporting clinical careplanning and chronic care management."
CPMRC's Point of Care Integrated Solutions(TM), which will serve ascontent sources for Froedtert & Community Health's evidence-basedinterdisciplinary care plans, features patient profile/history/admissionassessment, patient plan of care, clinical practice guidelines, patientassessments and interventions, outcome evaluation, professional exchange, andspecific content for newborn, neonatal ICU, pediatric, OB, adult andgeriatric populations.
About Froedtert & Community Health
Froedtert & Community Health is a regional hospital system made up ofFroedtert Hospital, Milwaukee; Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls;St. Joseph's Hospital, West Bend; and West Bend Clinic. Joining thecapabilities of an academic medical center affiliated with the MedicalCollege of Wisconsin, two community hospitals and a primary care andmulti-specialty clinic, Froedtert & Community Health delivers highlycoordinated, cost-effective health care to residents of southeasternWisconsin and beyond. In 2009, combined adult patient admissions for thethree hospitals exceeded 39,700. For more information, visit froedtert.com,communitymemorial.com and stjosephswbclinic.com.
About CPMRC
For more than 25 years, the CPM Resource Center has been offeringevidence-based, interdisciplinary clinical practice guidelines, care planningand documentation at the point of care. Based on the CPM ProfessionalPractice Framework(TM), these EMR compatible and web-based solutions aredeveloped and maintained by expert interdisciplinary colleagues, andtested/validated through a Consortium of nearly 300 member hospitals. Inaddition, the company offers Practice Transformation services to assistorganizations with clinical practice advancement, team-based care and EMRimplementation and adoption. CPMRC is a business unit of Elsevier, theworld's leading provider of science and health information. For moreinformation, visit http://www.cpmrc.com.
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical andmedical information products and services. The company works in partnershipwith the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000journals, including The Lancet (http://www.thelancet.com) and Cell(http://www.cell.com), and close to 20,000 book titles, including majorreference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions includeScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com), Scopus (http://www.scopus.com),Reaxys (http://www.reaxys.com), MD Consult (http://www.mdconsult.com) andNursing Consult (http://www.nursingconsult.com), which enhance theproductivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite(http://www.scival.com) and MEDai's Pinpoint Review (http://www.medai.com),which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes morecost-effectively.
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