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Home care technology
Saint Elizabeth Health Care launches
mobile systems
 MARKHAM, Ont. –
Saint Elizabeth Health Care is introducing a mobile healthcare technology
to its front line staff across Canada in 2010. Besides providing
knowledge and learning opportunities for its highly mobile clinicians,
Saint Elizabeth Health Care is now equipping them with valuable tools to
enable real-time communication and enhance the client experience through
automated data collection and increased flexibility.
CellTrak, the chosen solution, which runs on BlackBerry devices, will
work seamlessly with St. Elizabeth’s scheduling software to allow
increased efficiency and capabilities to respond to client and system
requirements more effectively.
“Continual learning and improvement in the client experience enables our
staff to better serve the changing needs of our clients,” said Shirlee
Sharkey (pictured), President and CEO of Saint Elizabeth Health Care.
“Increased flexibility and mobility in our staff, and the improved data
tracking and analytics offered by this technology are great advancements
in our delivery of care.”
This mobile solution provides additional safety for front-line
professionals and greater reliability for clients with its GPS
functionality. As home-care providers often work alone, the increase in
connectivity is invaluable. For clients, fast and accurate schedule
adjustments make it easier to get assistance when they need it.
Saint Elizabeth Health Care will use Procura’s clinical management system
to send patient-visit schedules directly to the mobiles of front-line
staff, decreasing scheduling issues and increasing flexibility to
respond to new appointments or changes in a client’s condition. The
ability to geographically optimize daily patient visits and routes
enables a substantial cost savings.
Rheta Fanizza, Senior VP of Operations for Saint Elizabeth Health Care,
was attracted to the two-way information flow that CellTrak provides.
“Besides improving workflow in the field, CellTrak also enables
management to remotely confirm visits, and monitor and track data on
different service aspects to ensure optimal service and care are
occurring,” said Fanizza. “The data collected will aid in future service
planning and program implementation, while the speed at which
information is shared is an added benefit.”
“We are very pleased that Saint Elizabeth, the leading provider of home
and community healthcare, selected CellTrak for their mobile healthcare
technology”, said Michael K. Wons, President and CEO of CellTrak
Technologies, Inc. “The Saint Elizabeth leadership team has established
a great vision on how to improve care and front-line staff efficiency at
the point-of-care. CellTrak along with our partner Procura are very
pleased to help enable that future vision today with the industry
leading integrated home health point-of-care mobility and administration
system.”
“Saint Elizabeth Health Care continues to deliver innovation on the
employee and the client experience at a world-class level,” said Warren
Brown, President of Procura. “They take the time to adapt the solutions
Procura and our partners provide and as a result gain new levels of
value in both new-found business efficiencies and improved quality of
care.”
About Saint Elizabeth Health Care
Saint Elizabeth Health Care has been a trusted name in Canadian
healthcare for more than a century. Today, an award-winning organization
and not-for-profit charitable leader, our dynamic talent team of more
than 4,000 nurses, rehab therapists and personal support workers
delivers 3.8 million healthcare visits annually. Our staff are backed by
a 24/7 best-practice clinical support network and work in a variety of
home and community care settings. Collaboration and client-focused care
are hallmarks of our values-driven culture. For more information, visit
www.saintelizabeth.com
About CellTrak Technologies
CellTrak Technologies is the leading provider of mobile cellular
solutions to the home health and hospice industry. The company provides
a comprehensive suite of solutions for “point-of-care” documentation and
visit compliance. CellTrak helps deliver millions of successful visits
for homecare at the point-of-care every month. More information about
CellTrak and its products can be found on the Company’s website at
www.celltrak.com
About Procura
Procura provides a comprehensive and fully integrated software solution
for point-of-care, clinical (InterRAI MDS-HC) and back office
administration for Regional Health Authorities, and Home Care and
Community Care agencies across Canada. Procura provides a Community
E-Health Record and enables the management of multiple programs and
lines of business. Procura is the software vendor of choice for the home
and community care industry in Canada. Over 6,000 users at more than 350
client sites in North America and Australia use Procura to manage over
50,000 employees. Our clients range from small start-ups all the way
through to multi-site and franchise organizations. For more information,
visit www.goprocura.com
Posted June 17, 2010
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