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Wake Forest Baptist Health taps digital app to support physician rounding

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A PRESCRIPTION FOR PHYSICIAN BURNOUT

A PRESCRIPTION FOR PHYSICIAN BURNOUT

Hunting for and handwriting data is not want you want your providers doing every day. It’s menial and takes time away from thinking and acting. WHIRL™ prints out a rounding list with the patients, content and format personalized for each clinician – saving time and frustration.

Hunting for and handwriting data is not what you want your providers doing every day. It’s menial and takes time away from thinking and acting. WHIRL™ prints out a rounding list with the patients, content and format personalized for each clinician – saving time and frustration.

Patient care implications
  • 30 minutes per day savings for chart review
  • Time lost clicking through multiple EMR screens to find relevant patent data could be better spent:
    • Triaging patients
    • Evaluating steps needed for timely patient discharges
physician satisfaction
  • Giving clinicians back the time lost clicking and copying EMR data creates study-validated increases in workplace satisfaction
optimize epic lists
  • Combine or append Epic lists to custom WHIRL lists
  • Import WHIRL list settings from existing lists or restore altered settings to their default state
  • Add text or images to printed rounding lists
Patient care implications
  • 30 minutes per day savings for chart review
  • Time lost clicking through multiple EMR screens to find relevant patent data could be better spent:
    • Triaging patients
    • Evaluating steps needed for timely patient discharges
physician satisfaction
  • Giving clinicians back the time lost clicking and copying EMR data creates study-validated increases in workplace satisfaction
optimize epic lists
  • Combine or append Epic lists to custom WHIRL lists
  • Import WHIRL list settings from existing lists or restore altered settings to their default state
  • Add text or images to printed rounding lists

THE EMR…ON PAPER…IN YOUR POCKET.

THE EMR…ON PAPER…IN YOUR POCKET.

WHIRL compresses patient data onto an 8 x 11 printed page into an efficient clinical overview. WHIRL lists may be created and shared with colleagues as desired. For each patient, users can see handoff summary/plan, vitals, diet, code status, I/Os, lines/drains/airway, labs, meds, imaging, procedures, etc.

The IllumiCare Ribbon provides a single sign-on launch from Epic, and the WHIRL Rounding List leverages Epic’s FHIR and private APIs to collect the clinical data that will be featured on the rounding document. To view the WHIRL listing in the Epic Connection Hub, click here.

WHIRL compresses patient data onto an 8 x 11 printed page into an efficient clinical overview. WHIRL lists may be created and shared with colleagues as desired. For each patient, users can see handoff summary/plan, vitals, diet, code status, I/Os, lines/drains/airway, labs, meds, imaging, procedures, etc.

The IllumiCare Ribbon provides a single sign-on launch from Epic, and the WHIRL Rounding List leverages Epic’s FHIR and private APIs to collect the clinical data that will be featured on the rounding document. To view the WHIRL listing in the Epic Connection Hub, click here.

HOSPITAL TESTED ….PHYSICIAN ADOPTED

The WHIRL first went “viral” at Wake Forest Baptist Health, an academic medical center located in North Carolina. Data suggests that using WHIRL:

  • Decreases chart review time
  • Improves provider satisfaction and
  • improves accuracy of information

Time saved by WHIRL can be repurposed to physician education, communication between healthcare providers, and direct patient care.

HOSPITAL TESTED ….PHYSICIAN ADOPTED

The WHIRL app first went “viral” at Wake Forest Baptist Health, an academic medical center located in North Carolina. Data suggests that using WHIRL:

  • Decreases chart review time
  • Improves provider satisfaction and
  • improves accuracy of information

Time saved by WHIRL can be repurposed to physician education, communication between healthcare providers, and direct patient care.

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Each user can customize which data elements are displayed (and can save multiple views). For many data elements, each user can also customize the name and level of detail. Paper remains the most efficient way to quickly reference information and jot down notes. WHIRL reduces the data you need from Epic into a handy, printed rounding aid.
In one view, providers see the cost of every order, can search for alternatives and has current opportunities highlighted.

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IT'S A PLATFORM TO DO SO MUCH MORE

As an EMR-agnostic platform of apps that automatically appears on the same screen and with patient context, it gives power back to clinicians to control their workflows, improve cost/quality and bring some joy back to clinical practice.

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IT'S A PLATFORM TO DO SO MUCH MORE

As an EMR-agnostic platform of apps that automatically appears on the same screen and with patient context, it gives power back to clinicians to control their workflows, improve cost/quality and bring some joy back to clinical practice.

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If you’re curious how WHIRL might benefit your organization, let’s chat.  205.578.1738