Benefits of Using the services of STATSimple

Practicing prudent medicine is the key to avoid being sued. But at some point one of your patients will fall into the chasm of this dangerous and liability-ridden area of the ED. The consequences of failing our patients in these instances can be catastrophic to both the patient and the family. Imagine if you were not notified of an incidental or "missed" finding that robbed you or yours of a chance of survival because someone in the ED was too busy to notify you. This is not drama. This is not hypothetical. This is real life and the consequences of this failure in most ED systems play out day after day in courtrooms around the country! Our intent is to do no harm. Often by failing to act or even by failing to document, we do more harm than we could ever imagine.

ED physicians and nurses love STATSimple! One of the many benefits to hospitals in recruitment and retention of MD's and RN's is to advise prospective employees that STATSimple is being used in the department. That means one less burden they will be saddled with!

Two levels of service offered based on your patient's need as dictated by the ED physician: STAT and Routine. STAT cases are for emergencies where patient's need to be called back immediately. Such cases can include missed pneumothoraces. The STAT case will have no less than five verified and recorded phone calls placed to the patient in 24 hours time. Routine cases will have no less than five calls placed in a weeks time. We have built in guidelines for when to send certified letters for routine cases and overnight mail to STAT cases (in the event we are unable to reach them by phone). According to JCAHO experts and consultants we have talked with, STATSimple is a great way to reduce the chances that your facility will receive a Type I citation in your ED follow-up management procedures. To satisfy JCAHO come survey time, you will be armed with our quarterly reports that break down the number of cases you referred to us, the percentage of patients we were able to reach on the first attempt and subsequent attempts, and those who we were unable to reach via telephone for which we sent a certified letter. The quarterly report is accompanied by a CD-ROM of all files and voice recordings captured for archival in your department or Medical Records for later reference if the need to defend you or your hospital should ever arise. Creates more time for MD's and RN's to care for patients... not "push paper" and worry about tracking down patients all day. Undeniable proof of contacting patients and supporting documentation showing that  important and life-saving information was passed along. This is where most systems currently fail. HIPAA compliance is assured when contacting patient's and next-of-kin-- and, the conversation is recorded! We even record the sounds generated from the touch-tone keypad as the phone is dialed so that the actual number we called can be verified if it ever needs to be! For an ED with only 8 regular MD's, STATSimple costs (on average) little more than $100 per MD per month! How much does your malpractice policy cost? Ease of use! One fax and we will be able to prove that your patient was either contacted or extraordinary attempts were made to contact him! This service is offered by an RN who was a charge nurse in an ED in the fourth largest city in the US. We know, uniquely, the challenges faced by RN's and MD's in these difficult situations.

Click Here for some ACTUAL suits won in state courts regarding this problem. Your facility or practice could have to pay out $3,000,000 or more for a terrible outcome due to "an oversight". In most cases, it would take 300 years or more in monthly invoices for services to STATSimple to arrive at $3,000,000!