EDIS

For Today’s
Emergency Departments
EDIS Real information
in real time

Today’s emergency departments demand real-time information. From the moment

the patient is seen by the triage nurse, healthcare providers of all types require
meaningful information to provide the best level of healthcare they can.
iSOFT’s emergency department solution, EDIS, provides an intuitive user interface
based on workflow practices that allows for capture of data in a fast and accurate
manner. It is a powerful information solution delivering what is required in a format
that is meaningful and easily understood by users.
EDIS has been developed and refined over many years, in conjunction with
emergency departments across the globe, to deliver one of the very best information
systems available to emergency departments today.

The application implemented in over 190 emergency improved and more even throughput
The power of our emergency departments across Australia, New of patients through the department.
department solution lies in its Zealand, Canada and the United Waiting times are monitored,
fundamental approach of following, Kingdom, making it one of the most with alerts built in to advise staff
and being adaptable to, the widely used clinical information of potential blocks; locations can
workflow practices of today’s busy systems for emergency departments. be assigned to patients based on
and sometimes highly congested the knowledge of EDIS, providing
emergency departments. The accurate real-time information
Workflow-driven
capture of data is made all the easier about current occupancy and clinical
Whether your department requires
by the logical flow from area to area information.
patients to see the triage nurse
of the system. Combine this with the
first, attend the registration desk
use of technology – including touch-
or be admitted directly to the Clinical focus
screens, tablet PCs and wireless
department, EDIS will start working The solution is designed by clinical
networking – and clinical and
with you straightaway. The more staff for use by clinical staff. When
administrative staff alike are able to
widely adopted process of patients a patient is within the department,
benefit from a solution that delivers
initially being seen by a triage nurse healthcare providers need a system
real benefits in a manner that
delivers immediate benefit to the that not only sits hand-in-hand
complements their working practices
user of EDIS through its clinical with their work practice, but also
and does not interfere with them.
substance. The entry of a presenting allows for capture of relevant data
iSOFT’s focus has been on the problem into the system opens a and returns clinically appropriate
development of world-class clinical assessment tool designed information. The EDIS Clinical Touch
software solutions that fully to guide users through a best screen is just that. Designed for
address the administrative and evidence process of assessment and touch-screen data entry, it enables
clinical information management documentation of care given. In doctors and nurses to easily capture
requirements of healthcare provider turn, this delivers a more consistent clinical events linked to a patient’s
organisations. EDIS has been triaging process and ultimately an episode of care.
Managerial and reporting Hospital integration Technology
The benefit of EDIS to the Patient information is often gathered Common reasons for the failure of
manager, executive member, health at many different points of contact. computer systems in the healthcare
department and other reporting The ability to capture and share this market have been related to their
centres is that the information they information is key to the heart of design and method of use. Large
require is produced as a natural by- EDIS. Clerical staff are able to search units that take up valuable space
product of the data collected each hospital databases and pull down and lack of typing skills for data
and every minute by the clinical and relevant data to assist in completing entry have long hindered the doctor
administrative users of the system. an Emergency Registration. In the and nurse of a busy emergency
The solution delivers accurate real- event of a first-time visit to the department. EDIS takes advantage
time information at the click of a hospital, full registrations can be of today’s technology. Flat screens
mouse button through its vast array completed and the information with touch-screen capability that
of built-in reports and with the sent to other systems. Whether it use our solution’s innovative design
use of commercial ad-hoc report involves receiving the results of a free up desktop space, can be wall-
writing tools. The ability to extract blood test or sending a request for mounted and minimise keyboard
information is almost limitless. a bed on a ward through the use data input. Wireless networking
of industry standards such as HL7 offers the opportunity to incorporate
and XML, EDIS is designed to fit portable data input devices, such as
into your existing IT infrastructure tablet PCs, and EDIS offers optional
and complement the investment in functionality that maximises the
applications already made. benefits to be gained.

EDIS also integrates with iCHARTpro, iSOFT’s electronic clinical documentation and
decision support module, to provide emergency departments with a complete triage,
tracking and clinical documentation solution. 
About iSOFT Group

iSOFT Group Limited is the largest health information

technology company listed on the Australian Securities
Exchange, and among the world’s biggest providers of
advanced application solutions in modern healthcare
economies.

iSOFT works with healthcare professionals to design and

build software applications that answer all of the difficult
questions posed by today’s healthcare delivery challenges.
Our solutions act as a catalyst for change, supporting
free exchange of critical information across diverse care
settings and participating organisations.

Today, more than 13,000 provider organisations in

38 countries use iSOFT’s solutions to manage patient
information and drive improvements in their core
processes. The Group’s sustainable development is
delivered through careful planning, in-depth analysis
of the market, and anticipation of our clients’ evolving
requirements. Our business is driven by the collective
talent, experience and commitment of more than 4,200
specialists in 16 locations worldwide, including more than
2,300 technology and development professionals.

A global network of iSOFT subsidiaries, supported by an

extensive partner network, provides substantial experience
of national healthcare markets. As a result, we offer
our clients comprehensive knowledge of local market
requirements in terms of culture, language, working
practices, regulation and organisational structure.

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