Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital’s COVID-19 assessment centre is the first in the province to implement some new technology.
It has introduced a handheld device, which can collect a patient’s information by scanning their health card and driver’s license, capturing everything needed for a digital lab requisition.
That allows the centre to complete more tests every day .
The Orillia Assessment Centre has conducted nearly 12,000 tests since the pandemic was first declared, and earlier this week set a single day high with 300 tests completed.
“As the demand for testing increases, this new technology enables us to increase our capacity allowing us to complete more tests each day,” said Carmine Stumpo, OSMH President and CEO.
The benefits of the new technology include:
- More complete and higher-quality data when capturing patient information
- Reducing manual data entry for staff by 50%, resulting in faster processing and easier matching of the requisition to the test
- More legible requisitions, making it easier for laboratory staff to process each test
OSMH is among the first Assessment Centres in Ontario to adopt the new electronic model.
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— OSMH (@OSMH_News) September 17, 2020