Managing Infectious Diseases in Hospitals
A new offering to improve Infection Management from T-Systems and AI Health Insights
There are pressures on Hospitals as a result of the recent pandemic. Announcing a new offering aimed at helping healthcare organizations for infectious disease:
- Lower reimbursement rates from reduced elective procedures as a result of COVID-19.
- Improving your organizations CMS rating.
- Healthcare worker ‘fatigue,’ when it comes to regulatory reporting and improving patient care.
In this is the post, I will look to address each of these issues in light of our new offering. This will be the first in series of articles on this topic.
Background
I work for T-Systems, which is a division of a German telco company Deutsche Telekom. We provide cloud infrastructure and technology services for Hospitals systems. Along with our other division, T-Mobile, we can address your need for cellular services. We support Hospital regulations in the context of a Private or Hybrid cloud offering.
Our partner is AI Health Insights, led by Craig Steiner, MD and CEO. The company specializes in analytics solutions for healthcare, and life science companies. They have developed a product called GermSoft. A solution for infection management in hospitals. GermSoft is a decision support tool for appropriate antibiotic use. Designed to support a clinician’s workflow resulting in productivity improvements. The product also integrates with your Electronic Health Record (EHR) solution. This results in huge cost savings through productivity improvements.
What has COVID-19 done to Hospitals…
The health care industry experienced an estimated $500 billion reduction in revenue during the first quarter of 2020, said Dr. David Shulkin, a former secretary of Veterans Affairs and former president and CEO of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City.
"There's no doubt our hospitals, health systems, health care providers in general have taken a significant financial hit during this crisis," Shulkin said during a HealthDay Live Stream interview. "In general, the average hospital has seen about a 40% to 45% decrease in operating revenue during this period of time."
The pandemic has exposed weaknesses in how hospitals are reporting infectious diseases. Most EHR systems do not combine patient record information with treatment information. Or provide adequate CMS reporting for infectious disease.
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