How SandlotConnect®, the comprehensive electronic health record management solution from Sandlot Solutions, can make a difference in the life of a lupus patient. This health information exchange means no more hauling personal medical records around, no more delays in diagnosis, no more patient responsibility for coordinating the care of a team of physicians and other caregivers. With SandlotConnect, patients benefit from healthcare professionals with a complete picture of their health and medical status.
SandlotConnect makes all the difference for Bill, when he collapses during a visit to his son's house. Bill hasn't shared his recent diabetes diagnoses with his family, but it's available to the doctors in the Emergency Room because his doctor, and the hospital, are using SandlotConnect Health Information Exchange. The result: a quick diagnosis, rapid and effective treatment. Better yet, a more expensive and time-consuming stay at the hospital is avoided.
Dr. Frank Lonergan, a primary care physician in private practice, tells the story of how he was contacted during evening hours by the daughter of a patient. The caller’s mother was about to be discharged from the hospital and the daughter was concerned that she would not be able to care for her at home. Using SandlotConnect, Dr. Lonergan was able to quickly come up to speed on the patient’s situation, and then arrange for appropriate home healthcare. The patient’s safety was assured and the daughter was much relieved.
Dr. Tom M. Deas, Jr., a gastroenterologist in private practice, and his patient describe a case where SandlotConnect's continuity of care data proved critically important during an emergency when the patient nearly lost consciousness in Dr. Deas’s waiting room. SandlotConnect helped the doctor to address the patient’s condition quickly and safely, sorting out the immediate causes from a complex multiple history. The result: prevented hospitalization, the unnecessary repeat of a number of diagnostic tests, and rapid relief for the patient’s symptoms.
“[With SandlotConnect] I can access patient’s information via my computer from home or from any computer in the hospital. I frequently round on other doctor’s patients and see new patients in the emergency room, and simply pull up SandlotConnect and find out what tests they’ve had done in the past so I don’t have to duplicate tests, which is a big costs savings and really helps the patient in the long run.”
– Paul Senter, MD
Staff as well as physicians find the benefits of SandlotConnect are far-reaching: simpler, faster check-in for patients, a lot less scrambling around for missing files, results and records; patient satisfaction that soars when physician and patient have all the information they need for a productive visit. SandlotConnect users discuss their experience firsthand in this video.
