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ART, MUSC to use Web-based EMR system MUSC will implement the Java web- based version of Emergis Inc. Oacis electronic medical record (EMR) system throughout the medical university’s clinical enterprise and Ashley River Tower.   The upgraded version of Oacis EMR is expected to be in operation early next year when ART is completed. Oacis is the first Java-based (fully Web enabled) enterprise EMR solution available, resulting in enhanced flexibility, low cost and rapid deployment.   “In anticipation of our new facility, we spent the past several years upgrading many of our ancillary and administrative systems,” said Frank Clark, Ph.D., vice president for information technology and CIO of MUSC. “After a review of other EMR systems, we realized that Oacis is far ahead of the alternatives. With the Java version of Oacis, we anticipate delivering leading-edge, affordable EMR capabilities to our entire care team, campuswide.”   Serving as the bridge that unifies disparate systems across the enterprise, the Oacis Interoperable Technology Platform offers the most flexible health care-specific infrastructure available. At its core, the Oacis Clinical Data Repository is the gold standard for collecting and presenting comprehensive patient information at the point of care.   “I’ve actively used Oacis since 1993, and I depend on it heavily to deliver quality care to my patients,” said Lawrence Afrin, M.D., MUSC associate professor of medicine, Hematology/Oncology.   MUSC helped pioneer the develop-ment of Oacis’ groundbreaking graphical user interface—so-called smart summarization—back in the early 1990s. Oacis consolidates vast amounts of clinical detail and organizes it into personalized lists for care providers. The lists offer a wide array of visual cues to guide clinicians through effective workflow patterns. The end result is improved care quality and reduced delivery costs.   The flexibility of the Oacis CDR supports both centralized and confederated models to facilitate health information exchange in any setting. Oacis interconnects the various EMRs and other systems across all sites through a common EMPI and CDR. All clinicians use the Oacis Clinical Viewer to access and view unified, longitudinal patient information regardless of where the patient care was provided.     Friday, Nov. 16, 2007 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Island Publications at 849-1778, ext. 201.