Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

Statistics and Figures for the MidSouth eHealth Alliance as of May 2007

• Number of Users—approximately 250
  • # of Active Users in the Emergency Departments: 207
    • 74 Clinicians—Physicians, Nurse Practioners, and Physician Assistants
    • 85 Registered Nurses
    • 48 Support staff
• Percent of Patient Encounters in the ED who have data at other sites: between 40% & 50%
• Total # of records in the system:   989,629  
• Total # of patients with information in the system: 811,000 (est.)
• Total # of record linkages:   263,181   
• Average # Daily lab results reported: 80,000
• Average # monthly Text Reports: 50,000
• Average # monthly Encounter Data:   110,000   
• Average # monthly ICD-9 admission codes (Chief complaints):   34,000   
• Average # monthly  "Reason For Visit" messages in text:   110,000   
• Average # monthly ICD-9 Discharge codes:  370,000   
• Average # monthly Procedure codes:   6,000   
• Average # monthly white blood counts (9 hospitals, March, 2007)   51,975   
• Average # monthly microbiology reports (May, 2007)   25,709   
• Average # monthly chest x-rays (May, 2007)   34,996