LEADING THE QUEST FOR HEALTH

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LEADING THE QUEST FOR HEALTH

• www.cedars-sinai.edu

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• The Future is Now!
• Optimizing Technology to
• Maximize Donation and Transplantation
• Sharon Mass, Ph.D. Director,
• Case Management Palliative Care
• Tracy Wheeler
• Hospital Services Coordinator
• OneLegacy

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Question to Run On

• How can Cedars-Sinai collaborate with OneLegacy
  to achieve our donation and transplantation
  goals?

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Facts for the near future

• In 2007
• Hospitals will be required to maintain their
  patient health records electronically.
• OPOs and Transplant centers will be required to
  communicate organ offers and acceptances
  electronically.
• OneLegacy and Cedars-Sinai recognize the need to
  partner to complete MRRs in real-time.

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Innovation

• Our Donor Council raised the question, How can
  our Electronic Health Record be used to realize
  our collaborative donation goals?
• Our answer, Provide our OneLegacy Hospital
  Services Coordinator with on-site and remote
  access to our Electronic Health Record.

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Benefits

• Daily OPO presence and timely support to
• Ensure 100 referrals and OPO rapid response
• Effective and efficient communication throughout
  the referral process
• Real-time Medical Record Review to
• Address process improvement opportunities during
  case
• Improve communication of performance data

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How to Initiate

• Senior Administration communicates to IT
• OneLegacy coordinator completes hospital specific
  authorization form(s)
• Hospital and OneLegacy IT department collaborate
  to set-up necessary software and/or web
  capability

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Who do I contact at OneLegacy?

• For more information on fully
• utlizing your technology, contact
• Eric Carr, Hospital Services Supervisor
• ecarr_at_onelegacy.org