DMF Systems provides health information systems and integration services to Irish and UK hospitals. Their electronic discharge summary system allows medical staff to create accurate and complete discharge summaries in a timely manner, ensuring continuity of care. Studies show electronic discharge summaries can reduce medication errors and readmission rates while saving hospitals time and money compared to paper-based systems. DMF Systems' electronic discharge summary features support team-based workflows, medication management, and secure electronic delivery of summaries.

1. DMF Systems INTRODUCTION TO DMF SYSTEMS & eDISCHARGE SUMMARIES 2011

2. Background In our 13 th Year in business (founded in 1998). Self funded and profitable. Focused on Irish & UK Healthcare Market Leading provider of Integration Services to Irish Public and Private Hospitals. Over 35 individual solutions, “live” in 55+ Irish hospitals including all major HSE Hospitals and DATH’s. Management Team have on average 25+ years local and international experience in Healthcare.

3. What we do We Deliver Cost-effective Health Information Systems for: Pathology Communications Clinical Systems Allied Health Information System Hospital Administration Systems Implementation Services Support & maintenance Application software development Design new or enhance existing infrastructure Professional Project Management for fast & proven result

4. Our Clients Tallaght Hospital National Virus Reference Laboratory Cork & Tralee South Infirmary/ Victoria Coombe Women’s Hospital

5. Why Discharge Summaries? Quality and Timely communication on discharge means: Continuity of care improvements Ensures better health outcomes Joined up Healthcare delivery Reduces re-admission rates Optimal use of scarce hospital resources Better use of community resources And it’s only possible if: Accurate and complete information is gathered Accessible to all of the relevant hospital medical staff Delivered to Physicians' in a timely and efficient manner.

6. eDischarge Studies “ By improving the quality of the discharge summary, patients had on average 45% fewer medication errors per patient.” European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Bergkvist et al . “ Estimated cost benefits from better generation of summaries in excess of £200k p.a. for an average trust.” WCI Consulting Report- Electronic Patient Discharge Summary. “ Hospital teams gain from time savings and efficiency. Typically, about 20% of a person’s time was dedicated to record retrieval. Overall improvements in discharge procedures have achieved savings of 10 to 15 minutes per patient “ European Commission 2010 Study: Securing benefits from electronic health records. “ More than 6,700 medication errors were reported to have taken place in Irish hospitals between 2007-08. However, the real level of medication errors could be up to 60% higher due to under reporting” STARSweb Statistics report for 2008

7. Core Features Team Based Patient Lists. Medication Management. Discharge KPI Management and Reporting. Simplified and Accurate Diagnostic and Procedure Coding. Discharge Pathway Management. Web based, available to all authenticated Users. Electronic Delivery via HealthLink. Secure User Access. Active Directory [LDAP] Compliant.

8. It needs to be electronic ? The Original is handwritten and often illegible Errors and omissions Can take days or even weeks before it’s ready to be sent Not delivered or too late getting to the Physicians to be of any use Incomplete or incorrect coding i.e. inaccurate costing Labour intensive i.e. speeding up requires more secretaries Can only be viewed by one person at a time, Patient’s chart can be difficult to find or unavailable Not available to other Hospital departments if patient re-admitted

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10. Contact Us If you are interested in finding out more about DMF Systems or would like to book an online or in person demonstration please contact us using any of these: email: sales@dmfsystems.ie Call us now on: 01 - 8260470 And start building a closer relationship with your clinicians from today with