FormFast®
Integrated Automation Solutions for Epic
INDUSTRY-LEADING AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS
INTEGRATED WITH EPIC
Healthcare organizations seek to achieve greater
automation, improved patient safety, and comprehensive
continuity of patient data via a seamless, integrated
environment.
That’s why hospitals around the globe include FormFast as a
key part of their automation strategy as they implement their
EMR. FormFast offers solutions designed to complement
and add functionality to critical hospital systems, like
Prelude, EpicCare, and other Epic modules.
Hospitals looking to go beyond the status quo turn
to FormFast’s industry-leading solutions for eForms,
electronic signature, barcoding & digital imprinting, discrete
data capture, and workflow to reach their goals of improved
patient safety outcomes, efficiency, and data utilization.
Learn why more than 1000 hospitals rely on FormFast to
improve processes enterprise-wide and why your hospital
should include FormFast in its Epic implementation plans.
PATIENT SAFETY | COMPLIANCE WITH JOINT
COMMISSION’S NPSG
In addition to the efficiency gains and cost savings, one of
the most important benefits that FormFast solutions offer
is improved patient safety. FormFast’s solutions meet the
Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG)
- Goal One: Improve the accuracy of patient identification.
FormFast is the leading provider of automation technology
to barcode and digitally imprint patient information onto
wristbands, labels, and documentation dynamically.
Utilizing our solutions allows your hospital to adhere to
NPSG.01.01.01 mandating the use of “at least two patient
identifiers when providing care, treatment, and services.”
FormFast imprints multiple identifiers including the medical
record number, name, date of birth, age, and gender, along
with a patient-specific barcode to guarantee positive patient
identification.
Ensure that patient safety standards are met with automated
barcoding and digital imprinting by FormFast.
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CONTRIBUTING TO A COMPREHENSIVE EMR |
AUTOMATED ARCHIVAL
Along with the placement of barcodes and demographics
for patient identification, FormFast digitally imprints
documentation with identifiers for proper archival of clinical
documentation into the EMR.
For hospitals transitioning to an increasingly paperless
environment, barcodes provide a way to automate the
scanning of ancillary documents into the EMR. For
hospitals seeking a completely paperless method of clinical
document capture, FormFast fillable eForms collect clinical
information and feed the documents directly into the EMR
without the need to print and scan.
Both methods ensure that all clinical information is collected
and archived properly in the correct patient folder, adhering
to compliance standards. FormFast helps Epic hospitals
achieve the vision of automated clinical workflow and
contributes to the goal of delivering a comprehensive patient
record within the EMR.
FAQS ABOUT TRANSITIONING TO EPIC
Isn’t Epic going to eliminate all of our forms?
As hospitals make to the transition to clinical modules in
Epic, some paper forms may still be used in many areas,
including ancillary and outpatient departments or even in
critical patient access areas. For instance, many hospitals
still capture consent by having patients sign paper forms.
FormFast integrates with Epic to automate the remaining
documentation, ensuring it is archived into the EMR in the
correct location to meet compliance standards.
We encourage Epic hospitals to use as much of the Epic
platform as they can and allow FormFast to automate the
rest.
The electronic document management (EDM)
system or archiving platform we’ve purchased
has eForms functionality. Do I need to use it?
As the leading eForms provider in healthcare, FormFast
integrates will all major archiving systems. Therefore your
hospital can receive the benefits of FormFast with any
archiving system your hospital chooses.
For Epic hospitals already using FormFast, your FormFast
eForms can be used with the archiving system, allowing
you to avoid vetting, purchasing, training, and building
forms for a new electronic forms vendor. For Epic hospitals
without an eForms solution, consider selecting FormFast as
your eForms provider.
In either case, ask your archiving system or EDM
provider about implementing FormFast as your solution
for electronic forms, electronic signature, and process
automation.
Can I use FormFast to automate tasks outside of
clinical departments?
In addition to automating clinical documentation, FormFast
solutions are used by hospitals to streamline business
processes and supporting procedures. In fact, many
hospitals use the same platform that outputs their barcoded
patient wristbands to output checks, direct deposits, and
other financial statements.
Plus FormFast’s platform for workflow and discrete data
capture powers solutions for HR, risk management,
materials management, the business office, and more.
With FormFast you can use the same tools to automate
clinical processes and you can to automate business
processes.
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ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE CAPTURE
FormFast integrates with Epic to automate the patient
consent process, collecting patient signatures electronically
and applying them to FormFast eForms to create legallysigned, paperless documentation.
FormFast supports electronic signature
devices, similar to those found in
retail stores, and mobile tablets
like the Apple iPad™ to capture
patients’ handwritten signatures.
The e-signatures are merged
with the form image, and immediately
routed to the EMR, eliminating the task of
scanning entirely.
The result is a streamlined, paperless process that
eliminates lost paper consents and ensures all patientsigned documents are archived in the right location within
the patient’s EMR folder. The benefit to the hospital is
increased compliance, reduced risk, and improved patient
safety.
DOWNTIME
Whether downtime is scheduled or unscheduled, hospitals
must continue to register patients adhering to the same
patient safety standards expected during uptime.
FormFast provides Epic hospitals with a downtime
registration solution allowing staff to capture patient
information and produce barcoded forms, wristbands, and
labels with patient-specific identifiers for positive patient
ID. Once the system is restored, the clinical documentation
generated by FormFast can be instantly added to the EMR.
Having a downtime registration and clinical documentation
solution is critical to maintaining the integrity of the patient
record and safeguarding against patient safety risks.
EPIC OPTIMIZATION DISCOVERY
For more details about how FormFast complements
your Epic implementation and extends to automate to
other areas across the enterprise, visit www.formfast.
com/contact to schedule a time to meet with a FormFast
specialist.