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In January 2002 staff and doctors within the department of Medicine began using a new system. ...
The E3 system is still in the introductory phase of its life cycle. ... At present, all departments have not converted to the new system. ... Since Adult General Medicine is the pilot department, advances and upgrades to the system will most likely be initiated there. ... The first step for E3 and going paperless was to convert StarChart into a new application called StarPanel. ...
This system mimics the old “paper world” process. ...
The idea of “going paperless” was not only one of efficiency, but also cost cutting. With a paperless system, Vanderbilt has the opportunity to begin reducing clinical record-keeping costs. ...
As the project, now called E5, continues, Vanderbilt is working to set up an outpatient electronic order system, an electronic dictation and transcription system, and to focus attention to inpatient areas. ... Most physicians are currently using telephones for their dictation, but the goal will be for a system that will insert dictation notes directly into the patient’s chart electronically. ...
By 2005, the E5 system is expected to be in the latter introductory phase should begin moving into growth.
Approximate Word count = 904
Approximate Pages = 3.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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