Asheville Surgery Center joins the Mission Health electronic health record

From a press release:

Asheville Surgery Center (ASC), an affiliate of Mission Health, joins Mission Health’s electronic medical record, effective Feb. 1, 2016. The electronic health records (EHRs) system is part of the larger Mission Health initiative “One Patient, One Chart” to improve care across the region.

A patient’s medical record is essential to providing the most desired quality and efficient care. When your care team has the full picture of your medical history at the click of a button, they have a better understanding of your wellness needs to best suit you and your lifestyle.

By working on a common computer platform, we are building a strong regional health system and ensuring a personalized and exceptional patient experience, no matter where you are in the region. The new electronic system allows patient information, such as medical history, treatments, test results, medications, surgeries and notes, to be available in real time via computer to the patient’s primary care provider as well as to other healthcare facilities.

EHRs are significant to Mission Health’s “One Patient, One Chart” strategy. Before electronic records, patient medical records were on paper, which didn’t allow them to be accessible at the time of care to all caregivers across Mission Health. With the “One Patient, One Chart” strategy, patients’ medical records follow them throughout Mission Health, making patient information securely accessible whether a patient is at Asheville Surgery Center or doctor’s office. EHRs should also reduce the number of duplicate tests that patients undergo, improving patient safety.

Asheville Surgery Center transitioned to the new system Feb. 1, 2016. Patients shouldn’t notice any difference in their care, other than processes may be a little slower as staff adjusts to the new system. Our focus will always be the patient first, and we ask patients and families to be patient in support of the new process so we can better serve you.

About Mission Health

Mission Health, based in Asheville, North Carolina, is the state’s sixth-largest health system and the region’s only not-for-profit, independent community hospital system governed and managed exclusively in western North Carolina. Mission Health has been recognized as one of the nation’s Top 15 Health Systems 2012-2015 by Truven Health Analytics, formerly Thomson Reuters. Mission Health is the only health system in the nation to receive this recognition four years in a row, and the only health system in North Carolina to achieve Top 15 recognition.

Mission Health, which traces its roots in the region back to 1885, operates six hospitals, numerous outpatient and surgery centers, post-acute care provider CarePartners, long-term acute care provider Asheville Specialty Hospital and the region’s only dedicated Level II trauma center. Its medical staff consists of more than 1,000 physicians and is certified in more than 50 medical specialties and sub-specialties. Mission Health has seven Centers of Excellence: Cancer, Heart, Mission Children’s Hospital, Neurosciences, Orthopedics, Trauma and Women’s Health. Mission Hospital, located in Asheville, is the system’s flagship hospital and is licensed for 763 beds. It is the regional referral center for tertiary and quaternary care. It also includes Mission Children’s Hospital – the region’s only children’s hospital. Other Mission Health member hospitals include Angel Medical Center in Franklin, Blue Ridge Regional Hospital in Spruce Pine, Highlands-Cashiers Hospital in Highlands, McDowell Hospital in Marion and Transylvania Regional Hospital in Brevard. With approximately 10,700 employees and 2,000 volunteers, Mission Health is dedicated to improving the health and wellness of the people of western North Carolina. For more information, please visit mission-health.org or @MissionHealth.