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'''Wellsoft Emergency Department Information System (EDIS)''' is [[Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT)|CCHIT]] 2011 certified for Emergency Department [[EMR|EHR]] [http://www.cchit.org/products/2011/emergency/2492] [http://www.wellsoft.com/product_overview/product_overview.php].

== History ==

Wellsoft was founded by Dr. John Santmann, MD in 1988.He is the president and one of the key developers of the software. They are the leading providers of software solutions to emergency departments.[http://www.wellsoft.com/wellsoft/documents/HospitalNewspaperSantmannOct2009.pdf]

In 2011, Wellsoft Corporation announced that it was given the highest marks amongst Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) solutions in a release from the  Emergency Department Information Systems Report published by KLAS in September 2011. [[http://www.wellsoft.com/news-and-events/press-releases/wellsoft-edis-ranked-1st-in-2011-klas-emergency-department-systems-report.html]]

== Introduction ==

Wellsoft EDIS software is 

* Easy to use - offers a wealth of features like patient tracking, clinical documentation, orders and results, discharge instructions and reporting. Secure access to important resources is available through integrated web links

* Flexible - Wellsoft EDIS allows any combination of wireless, laptop and desktop workstations and choose LAN/WAN, web-enabled or thin client implementation and Customizable – In a busy Emergency Department, one option doesn’t work, so Wellsoft provides the most easily customizable software.

Each area of the department has their own screens, from triage to fast track, to pediatrics and beyond. [http://www.wellsoft.com/product_overview/features/index.php]

==Features==


'''TRACKING'''
Patient Tracking including
Risk Management System
Admissions Tracking
Billing Recovery Tracking
Clinical Competency & Certification Tracking
Unoccupied Room Display
Medical Records Management Tracking
On Call Tracking
Registration Tracking
Split Screen View
Unresolved Issues Management Tracking [5]

'''CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION'''
Triage Notes
Nursing Documentation
Physician Documentation
Ancillary Services Documentation
Special Needs Patient Care Plans
Intake & Output Table/Calculator [5]

'''CHARGE CAPTURE'''
Facility Charge Capture 
Infusion Charge Capture
Professional E&M Level Scoring
Professional Charge Capture
IMAGE CAPTURE
Patient ID / Photos
Anatomical Diagrams
Scanning
Embedded Forms [5]

'''ORDER MANAGEMENT'''
Inbound Orders Tracking
Order Entry – Lab/Radiology/Pharmacy
Results Reporting
Radiology Tracking
Pharmacy Tracking [5]

'''MEDICATION MANAGEMENT'''
Drug/Drug & Drug/Allergy Interaction Checking
Medication Reconciliation
Medication Verification & Exchange
Pharmacy Interface
Drug Dosing Calculator
ePrescribing
Medication Barcoding [5]

'''COMMUNICATIONS'''
Automatic E-Mail
Automatic Faxing of Patient Information
Automatic Paging
Internal Messaging [5]

'''DISCHARGE PLANNING'''
Discharge Instructions
Prescriptions
Work/School Excuses
REPORTING
Enhanced Audit Trail
Clinical Decision Support for Quality Measures
Real Time Dashboard
Standard & Custom Reports
Crystal Reports® Tool [5]

'''MEANINGFUL USE REPORTING'''
Wellsoft Automated Measures Calculation Module
Wellsoft Clinical Quality Measures Reporting Module [5]

'''INTERFACES'''
ADT/Patient Demographics
Billing
Bi-Directional Exchange of Home Meds & Allergies
Biomedical Devices – Vitals Interface
Discrete Data Exchange - CCD/C-CDA
HIE
Immunization Registries
Laboratory Orders & Results
Master File Notifications
Medical Document Management Interface (e.g., Patient Information to CDR)
Pharmacy Orders
Radiology Orders & Results
Swipe/Proximity Card Interface
Syndromic Surveillance [5]

==Additional Features==

includes bar code support, (e.g. Forms, Wristbands, etc.), CCOW enabled, dynamic web links, patient entry kiosk display, precautions/alerts etc.

== References ==

# http://www.wellsoft.com/wellsoft/documents/HospitalNewspaperSantmannOct2009.pdf<br/>
# http://www.cchit.org/products/2011/emergency/2492<br/>
# http://www.wellsoft.com/product_overview/features/<br/>
# http://www.wellsoft.com/product_overview/features/index.php<br/>
# http://www.wellsoft.com/uploads/pdf/Wellsoft%20V11_Product_Overview.pdf