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PeriGen: Looking at OB Patient Safety Differently

PeriGen believes the distinction between documentation and decision support is an important one.  PeriGen’s Advanced Clinical Decision Support System, PeriBirth^®, is an example of what many software companies in the healthcare information field aspire to deliver – true clinical support at the bedside.  Too often, hospitals are led to believe that the deployment of enterprise electronic medical record systems (EMRs) or electronic fetal monitoring systems (EFM) will singularly improve OB patient safety.  Regrettably, this is not the case.   While many institutions have been using EMRs and EFMs for years, their quality of care is not markedly improved, nor have their OB medical malpractice claims decreased.   Many OB safety experts regard EMR and EFM documentation systems as “digitized paper.”   It’s a good start, but these systems cannot help clinicians improve clinical outcomes.  In the increasingly complex domain of OB, PeriGen stands alone.   Our patented, point-of-care solutions support clinicians with protocol-driven alerts and reminders that help them provide quality care to their patients.

PeriGen’s evidence-based decision support reacts—in real time— to the changing condition of the patient.  PeriBirth is a dynamic, interactive solution specifically developed for the OB.  While many EMR and EFM vendors claim their systems provide OB-specific capabilities and value, they cannot alert clinicians to the changing condition and needs of the patient and cannot provide suggested care plans.  In contrast to documentation systems, PeriBirth monitors a patient’s changing condition and prompts clinician interactions that impact patient safety and quality outcomes.  PeriBirth’s sophisticated knowledge base contains over 6,500 evidence-based rules and protocols.  These guide clinicians with alerts and reminders that incorporate industry-standard best practices.  A simple, side-by-side comparison of alternative technologies and PeriBirth will delineate the significant differences between documentation and advanced decision support.   To hear what clinicians using PeriBirth think about these important distinctions, please visit our Testimonials section.  

PeriGen solutions improve patient safety by addressing preventable medical errors of cognition and communication.  Technology-based solutions that do not fully address the root causes of preventable medical errors cannot effectively impact patient safety.   PeriGen solutions are designed to reduce preventable errors, and include fully integrated technology, clinical consulting, outcomes reporting and benchmarking services.   

PeriGen’s OB quality systems approach helps hospitals and clinicians improve patient safety metrics.  We also help organizations overcome what is often the single greatest obstacle to achieving higher standards of OB care – behavior change among clinicians.  The absence of reliable and timely performance measurements of the OB unit and of individual clinicians makes this challenge more difficult. We know that effective behavior change programs require established clinical goals, measured progress toward the goals, and timely clinician feedback.  Clients have access to a full set of OB performance measurements and reports – available instantly and organized in a manner that assists in the creation and maintenance of continuous improvement programs.    

PeriGen’s professional services help hospitals develop and support knowledgeable and high performing teams.  Effective quality systems recognize the importance of training.  PeriGen offers a complete suite of in-person or online OB training programs keyed to the needs of the organization or to the individual.  Our experience indicates that an intermittent approach to training does not result in a sustained improvement – adults simply do not respond.   PeriGen advocates incorporating clinician training and knowledge transfer at the point of care.  PeriGen provides a learning experience that is focused, timely, and specific to the knowledge gap of the individual.  We invite you to learn more about this important feature of our total OB patient safety solution.