With several dozen H1N1 cases at SJHS-HC hospitals, the automated system made the response to public health requests for influenza simple and easy. In addition, the emergency department was trained to use SafetySurveillor and now has access to its online information.

"Additionally, Public Health asked how many respiratory syncytial virus cases we had," Dedekam said. "I was able to find the report in SafetySurveillor, format and download it to a spreadsheet, and send it off to them before I got off the phone with them; they were impressed. Without SafetySurveillor, it would have taken at least an hour of work, not a minute. It's timely, which means I can react immediately to Public Health's requests for data."

More than 270 hospitals rely on SafetySurveillor to effectively manage infection control surveillance, prevention and reporting efforts, as well as facilitating antimicrobial stewardship programs.

SafetySurveillor is a part of Premier's SafetyConnect?„? program, a comprehensive, integrated product and service offering aimed at solving safety and infection-related problems facing healthcare organizations today.

SOURCE Premier Inc.