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Information Technology
The Information Technology department at the Nassau
Health Care Corporation supports one of the most
technically advanced health care facilities in New
York.
The Nassau University Medical Center implemented
a Picture Archiving and Communication system (PACS)
to replace hard-copy based means of managing medical
images such as X-Ray film archives. Physicians and
other caregivers can capture, retrieve, view and
store various images from ultrasound to multi-slice
CT, using a single, comprehensive solution that
is available both in-house and remotely from the
doctor's home or office. Additionally, the Medical
Center went live with a Document Imaging Scanning
system that allows NUMC staff to view patient medical
records electronically, drastically improving medical
record storage and availability.
 In
2005, NUMC commenced implementation of a Computerized
Physician Order Entry system. CPOE is a process
of electronic entry of physician orders for the
treatment of patients under his or her care. These
orders are communicated over a computer network
to the medical staff (nurses, therapists or other
physicians) or to the departments (pharmacy, laboratory
or radiology) responsible for fulfilling the order.
CPOE decreases delay in order completion, reduces
errors related to handwriting or transcription,
allows order entry at point-of-care or off-site,
provides error-checking for duplicate or incorrect
doses or tests, and simplifies inventory and posting
of charges. To date, NUMC has successfully implemented
Physician Orders including all Labs, Radiology,
Neurology, Dietary, Consults and Portions of Cardiology.
This time next year, all remaining physician, nursing
and medication orders will be completed, making
the hospital a full CPOE facility.
 To
aid in the successful integration of these electronic
clinical systems, the Information Technology department
at NUMC provides a state-of-the-art training environment.
We provide a full-time training staff and three
full sized classrooms to support our comprehensive
clinical systems curriculum. In addition, we maintain
an extensive training intranet website including
online training materials, reference tools and exams
to facilitate continuing education for our medical
professionals.
To ensure we are providing highest performance to
these crucial information systems, the Information Technology Department
provides the best in network infrastructure and
server/workstation hardware. The medical center
currently maintains over 2000 computer workstations
to provide high availability for our healthcare
providers. To ensure mobility, the Information Technology department
has distributed over 50 wireless mobile workstations
to our patient floors, allowing physicians to access
our clinical systems from a patient's bedside over
a secure wireless network. We also house a high-speed
fiber optic network and over 120 high-powered servers
to seamlessly handle the demand for information.
To support this cutting-edge computer environment,
we employ skilled professionals
available 24/7 to provide support for our clinical
systems.
There are many new and exciting projects on the
agenda for the Information Technology Department
at NUMC. We are constantly growing and always on
the cutting edge of healthcare technology.
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