Revolutionizing Patient Data Management in Healthcare

As the healthcare landscape becomes increasingly complex, the key to integrating all aspects lies in the effective use of information. Dr. Steven Kanner, founder of RTJ Medical Software, emphasizes the importance of information in today's healthcare system through his company's flagship products, Medical Master - The Doctor's Workstation(R) and Clinical Master(TM) software. These innovative solutions aim to streamline patient data management, making it comprehensive, detailed, and readily available. With the advent of distributed wide-area networks, patients can now seamlessly move between clinics and main referral centers, with their clinical data supported by the Medical Master network.

Key Takeaways:

• Dr. Steven Kanner defines a doctor's workstation as a computer software application that aids clinicians and support staff in managing the acquisition, processing, storage, retrieval, and transmission of patient data, including clinical charts, diagnoses, prescriptions, laboratory requisitions, test results, consultation requests, and referral reports.
• RTJ's Medical Master and Clinical Master software are being implemented in Boston's Beth Israel hospital as part of a pilot program, improving patient data management among satellite clinics and facilitating data exchange over distributed wide-area networks.
• The Medical Master network provides clinical data support, enabling patients to move among clinics and the main referral center while maintaining primary data on each patient.
• Recent technological advances have enabled workstations to exchange patient data over distributed wide-area networks, creating a more efficient and comprehensive patient data management system.

Statistics:

• Dr. Kanner founded RTJ Medical Software to facilitate the use of information in today's healthcare system.
• RTJ's software solutions are being implemented in Boston's Beth Israel hospital as part of a pilot program.
• The Medical Master network is being used to support patient data management among a group of satellite clinics in the Boston area.
• The distributed wide-area network enables the exchange of patient data among clinics and the main referral center.

Sources:

• RTJ Medical Software
• Dr. Steven Kanner, founder of RTJ Medical Software
• Beth Israel HealthCare
• Boston's Beth Israel hospital
• Schwartz Public Relations
• CO: RTJ Medical Software
• IN: Massachusetts