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PeraHealth links up with top NYC cancer hospital to improve clinician communication, care qualityCHARLOTTE, N.C., March 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- PeraHealth is working with New York's Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) to help improve clinician communication and more quickly detect subtle, unexpected patient deterioration. MSK will access PeraHealth's full suite of real-time patient monitoring software across its entire health system, including its 21 ambulatory clinics. "Healthcare reform is mandating shorter length-of-stay, even though patients are sicker and clinician workloads have increased," said PeraHealth CEO Stephanie Alexander. "PeraHealth offers doctors and nurses an 'earlier warning system' to better monitor patients and detect subtle, unexpected patient deterioration more quickly. We're honored to partner with Memorial Sloan Kettering and support them in caring for the patients and communities they serve." Powered by the Rothman Index™, a disease-agnostic universal score, PeraHealth solutions integrate within all major electronic health record (EHR) systems. Rothman Index scores are automatically computed from a provider's existing EHR data and recomputed every time new data is entered into the EHR, requiring no manual data entry for nurses or other staff. "Improving nurse-physician and nurse-nurse communication is key to prioritizing care services," said MSK Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer Elizabeth McCormick, RN. "We believe the software will help fortify communications between ourcare teams to help them provide patients with the best care available." US News & World Report ranked MSK the nation's number one hospital for cancer care and among the top pediatric hospitals for cancer care in 2014-2015. The New York-based cancer center has devoted more than 130 years to exceptional patient care, innovative research and outstanding educational programs. Peer-reviewed research shows the Rothman Index helps clinicians detect declining patient conditions earlier with significantly fewer false positives, and reduce rates of unplanned readmissions. Clinicians use PeraHealth solutions:
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