Hospital Home For A 647 Bed Acute Care Hospital - 1247 Words

Reading Hospital home to a 647-bed acute care hospital located in West Reading, Pennsylvania, and Reading Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a facility in Spring Township, featuring a 50-bed skilled nursing unit and a 62-bed inpatient rehabilitation unit. They also provide office-based primary and specialty care through Reading Health Physician Network, in-home nursing care through Affilia Home Health, and retirement living through The Highlands at Wyomissing. An extensive network of outpatient services are provided through offices and QuickCare walk-in centers throughout the region.They serve most of Berks County Pennsylvani and West Reading. The Reading Hospital was rated number 24 out of 250 of the best hospitals in Pennsylvania according†¦show more content†¦How does the hospital keep a record of all of its patients? According to Stacy Adam, the medical records manager, Reading Hospital uses an Electronic Medical Record system called EPIC. It is made by EPIC Systems. To ac cess records on the EPIC system, an employee has to be trained on the EPIC system and then they receive their user name and password. There are different access profiles and trainings, but anyone that is going to work there and needs access to the EPIC system needs to be trained first in order for a trainer to reveal the user name and password. (â€Å"Adam, S.†) To the left, is a sample of what it looks like when EPIC is in use. EPIC is a tool for many staff within the hospital from nurses, physicians, administrators, to support services. But, that is not all. According to Adam, some of the administrators use the information but may not have direct access to it, so they rely on others to get them the information that they need through reports and statistics. Some supports services in the hospital, such as Quality Improvement, Care Management, Risk Management, Chaplaincy, and the Business Office, all use the health information in some way. Insurance Companies use the health information to audit and pay for services rendered at the hospital. Attorneys and police also request information from them to conduct a legal investigation. Other health care facilities sometimes need health information to care for a