New Island Hospital Selects Sentri7 to Enhance Patient Safety and Improve Care
Clinical decision support system facilitates quick access to meaningful data

BELLEVUE, WA, August 26, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Pharmacy OneSource, Inc., software as a service provider to more than 1,300 hospitals in the United States, announced today that New Island Hospital in Bethpage, NY has adopted Sentri7 to give its staff real-time on-demand access to clinically relevant information.

With Sentri7, clinicians have a single point of access to lab results, medication records and patient demographics, data that previously resided in different systems. Clinicians can write rules against the data to identify opportunities for intervention and optimize medication use.

"This is yet another example of New Island Hospital using high-tech computer programming to enhance the safety of our patients, and improve upon the great care provided in the hospital," said Aaron E. Glatt, MD, President and CEO. "New Island Hospital is fully committed to patient safety and service excellence."

New Island Hospital can use the Sentri7 software to optimize antimicrobial stewardship programs to prevent drug resistance. Sentri7 can compare patients who are infected with a certain strain of bacteria to their currently-prescribed antibiotic to make sure they are getting the most effective treatment, and can flag patients who acquire a resistant strain like MRSA.

"Sentri7 has facilitated quick access to meaningful, real-time information to clinicians that has truly improved our patient safety culture," said Ihab Ibrahim, PharmD, V.P. of Patient Safety & Clinical Program Development at New Island Hospital. "This system does not only benefit the pharmacy department, it in fact is a truly multidisciplinary system with applications for nursing, infection control and quality improvement managers."

Sentri7 can also help the hospital comply with national standards and core measures set by the government and hospital accreditation bodies. For example, the program can flag patients that may have had a heart attack and check to ensure they are taking aspirin, beta blockers or other preventative treatment required by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). It can also monitor patient on anticoagulants for the Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goal 3.

For more information visit www.sentri7.com.

About New Island Hospital (www.newislandhospital.org)
New Island Hospital in Bethpage, New York, is a neighborhood hospital that plays a paramount role in its communities. The Emergency Department cares for over 37,000 patients a year. Other vital services include an Ambulatory Surgery Unit, The Center for Sleep Medicine, Hyperbaric Medicine and Wound Healing, Balance Center, an Endoscopy Unit, a full scope of outpatient radiology services including new CT scanner, MRI, nuclear camera and a full state-of-the-art PACS system, and of course, comprehensive in-patient medical, critical care and surgical services. New Island Hospital is a member of the Nassau/Suffolk Hospital Council and the Long Island Health Network, a network of 10 hospitals that work together to lower health care costs and maintain local access to quality care to the communities they serve. The hospital is fully accredited by JCAHO, the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, is licensed by the New York State Department of Health and is a NYS Designated Stroke Center, and an accredited Sleep Center.

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