OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Implements Tele-Trackings Complete Suite of Capacity Management Solutions

Tele-Tracking Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of healthcare workflow automation solutions, announced recently that OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL has installed their complete suite of Capacity Management Solutions..

Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) May 28, 2005 -- Tele-Tracking Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of healthcare workflow automation solutions, announced recently that OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL has installed their complete suite of Capacity Management Solutions.. OSF Saint Francis is one of the largest Catholic hospitals in the US with 710 licensed beds, 800 physicians and a staff of over 5,000. They are also home to Childrens Hospital of Illinois, a 127-bed hospital that includes neonatal and pediatric intensive care units with more than 60 physician specialists. The medical center is a leader in healthcare technological advances with a commitment to excellence and a mission to serve all patients with the greatest care and love.

OSF Saint Francis installed Tele-Trackings Bed Management Suite and the TransportTracking module delivering a fully integrated patient flow solution. The suite of applications lets environmental services, transport, and the bed control/patient placement staff know immediately the status of all patient and bed status (occupied, available, or need to be cleaned) throughout the entire institution. This proven workflow automation solution integrates BedTracking® for expediting bed turnover, PreAdmitTracking with the electronic bedboard for easy viewing of hospital census and efficient patient placement and TransportTracking to expedite transport requests. A critical success factor of the software application is the proprietary intelligent Interactive Voice Response (iIVR®). By leveraging the hospitals existing telephone network, housekeepers, transporters and other staff can input data immediately upon completing a 'trigger event. This workflow automation methodology ensures timely communication of information between events eliminating the typical information lag which contributes to bottlenecks.

OSF Saint Francis uses the 6 Sigma program as a means to measure quality and improve their internal processes. The fundamental objective of the 6 Sigma methodology is the implementation of a measurement-based strategy that focuses on process improvement and variation reduction through the application of 6 Sigma principles. We strive for perfection in everything we do at OSF Saint Francis," said Hoa Cooper, who is a 6 Sigma black belt at the medical center. The implementation of Tele-Trackings capacity management suite will help us improve patient safety and provide better turnaround times for our beds which in turn will improve the service we can provide to our patients. This is very much in keeping with the objectives of our 6 Sigma program," Ms. Cooper added.

Tele-Trackings mission is to assist our clients by providing them with the industry's leading patient flow solutions. We are very pleased that a major medical center like OSF Saint Francis recognizes the value of our capacity management solutions to help them better serve their patients," commented Anthony Sanzo, President and CEO of Tele-Tracking.

About Tele-Tracking Technologies, Inc.
Tele-Tracking Technologies, headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, is the leading provider of capacity management solutions designed to help hospitals improve patient flow. With over 6355 hospital clients and more than 1,000 solution installations throughout North America, Tele-Tracking has been helping hospitals streamline bed turnover, expedite patient placement and improve patient transport since 1991. Tele-Trackings solutions include BedTracking®, the hospital industrys first automated bed turnover solution, TransportTracking, WorkOrderTracking , PreAdmitTracking with the electronic bedboard, the industrys first digitized bedboard, and now bedboard mobile. For more information, call 800-331-3606 or visit www.teletracking.com.
                                                                
Contact:
Christopher Anderson
(412) 391-6369
Director, Marketing
Email -- canderson@teletracking.com            
Tele-Tracking Technologies, Inc.

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