The Electronic Health Record (EHR)
Our Mission calls us to provide exceptional and compassionate healthcare services. The development of an EHR will greatly enhance the delivery of that care.
The Electronic Health Record is Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare’s key strategy to improve Clinical Quality, making patient care safer and more effective.
The goal: Implement the EHR to promote best practices, enhance patient safety and improve clinical decision-making through the availability of dependable, accurate, timely, and actionable clinical information incorporating best practices.
What is it?
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The Electronic Health Record is a collection of software used by physicians and other clinicians to create the legal patient medical record, to be viewed via computer on a secure password-protected site.
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It will capture transmit, receive, store, retrieve, link and manipulate patient information.
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A paper chart will still be used for certain documents like the surgical permit and admissions forms that require a patient’s signature. Within approximately 48 hours of discharge, these documents will be scanned electronically, making them part of the legal medical record.
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The EHR provides the tools to improve clinical quality and reduce the risk of medical errors such as electronic ordering, bar-coded patient and medication identification.
The following are definitions to help familiarize you with the different applications and their acronyms.
Computerized documentation application definitions (McKesson Product)
Application |
Acronym |
Definition |
| Admin Rx Application | HARX | Computerized, bar-coded bedside med documentation |
| Horizon Clinical Profile | CPH | Patient allergies, Med hx., problem hx. Kept from visit to visit, shared with HAC in Dr’’s offices. |
| Horizon Emergency Care | HEC | Electronic documentation and Rx for ED physicians, RNs |
| Horizon Expert Documentation | HED | Nurse, Dietitian, Respiratory Therapy and Clinician Documentation |
| Horizon Meds Manager | HMM | Pharmacy system |
| Horizon Patient Folder | HPF | Imaging for patient information. Legal medical record- link in HPP |
| Horizon Physician Portal | HPP | Physician/Clinician viewer of current patient information |
| Horizon Surgical Manager | HSM | Peri-operative documentation integrated with scheduling |
| Picture Archiving & Communications Systems | PACS | Radiology Image Management System |
STEP ONE: The EHR implementation for WFH is an ongoing process. Not all sites have yet rolled out every application. You will need to learn those applications that apply to your discipline and to the site in which you will be working, as communicated by your instructor. Please refer to the table listed under each site to identify which applications are implemented and the corresponding education available. Please note: Some links are E-learning modules, while others are tip sheets or power points. Please feel free to print any tip sheets for your reference.
To Begin, Click on the site:
WF-The Wisconsin Heart Hospital
Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group
STEP TWO: Please review the Patient Communication and Computerized Documentation tip sheet. This is a tip sheet with strategies to promote a positive patient experience.
STEP THREE: Please review the Point of Care Charting tip sheet. This is a tip sheet highlighting the importance of point of care documentation and strategies to promote this practice.
STEP FOUR: FACULTY: Once you have completed all of the appropriate pre-work, you will need to schedule the appropriate E.H.R. orientation class with Organization and Leadership Development (Milwaukee)-414-465-3619, the Education Resource Department (Racine) 262-687-3273 or WFH-Iowa Clinical Development at (319) 272-5151.
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STUDENTS: Your instructor will orient you to the appropriate E.H.R. applications. If you are a precepted student, the educator, manager, or leader of the department will schedule your orientation to the appropriate E.H.R. applications.
Thank you for taking the time to become familiar with these applications.
