Dr. Christoph Hackl, Consultant Ophthalmologist and Clinical Project Lead for the recent mediSIGHT EMR implementation in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Hanusch Hospital in mVienna (chaired by Prof. Oliver Findl), discusses lessons learned and steps ahead.
mediSIGHT is a vendor-neutral electronic medical records (EMR) solution specifically developed for ophthalmology by Medisoft Limited, a Leeds-based software pioneer. Medisoft and its German parent company, Heidelberg Engineering, have recently completed a series of international mediSIGHT installations exemplified by this Viennese eye department, the first Medisoft customer in Austria. Dr. Hackl and his colleagues have now been using mediSIGHT to manage their ophthalmic patient records for almost a year. The system gives them direct access to comprehensive documentation based on high- quality, structured patient data. Beyond the daily efficiencies of modern, paperless working, mediSIGHT has allowed the team to gain new insights into treatment outcomes virtually at the push of a button.
The Eye Department of the Hanusch Hospital in Vienna is one of the largest in Austria. Last year we performed more than 10 000 ocular surgeries and more than 13 000 intravitreal injections. The Hanusch Hospital is owned by the ÖGK (Österreichische Gesundheitskasse), the largest Austrian public health insurance fund. The department also sees outpatients in four satellite locations across Vienna. In 2019, more than 76 000 outpatient contacts took place across our five sites. One of the main challenges in this setting is that many of our patients are seen in more than one location. For example, patients suffering from AMD or diabetic macular edema who are not in a treat and extend or pro re nata regimen are screened in one of the satellites. In case of recurrent macular edema or need for further intravitreal injections, they will be sent to the central Hanusch Hospital location for the next injection. Not only the patients travel from location to location but also the doctors. We were looking for continuous medical documentation for all patients who are seen at any of our five locations.
“WHEN A SYSTEM LIKE MEDISIGHT SUPPORTS STRUCTURED DATA THE POSSIBILITIES TO USE THE DATA ARE UNLIMITED“ Dr. Christoph Hackl
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