Colquitt Regional Health System (Moultrie, GA) President and CEO Jim Matney joins This Week Health founder Bill Russell for a TownHall podcast. Matney shares the organization's journey from struggling to attract physicians to developing successful residency programs and expanding facilities in rural Georgia. The discussion highlights Colquitt's use of MEDITECH’s Expanse EHR platform to enhance patient care, increase efficiency, and support comprehensive healthcare services, contributing to 19 consecutive A’s in the Leapfrog Group Hospital Safety survey. Matney talks about the changes implemented in his Expanse system that led to winning the Georgia Health Association (GHA) Patient Safety Award for their work on sepsis, identifying clear criteria that lead to early testing of patients that may be septic. He also credits using dashboards in identifying C. diff case numbers so that his team can implement measures to keep numbers in control and prevent spread.
Matney also emphasizes the importance of economic principles in healthcare management, the role of customized dashboards in tracking key metrics, and innovative approaches to health equity and patient safety in the region.
Listen to the full This Week Health TownHall podcast: Rural Healthcare Success, EMR Optimization, and Patient Safety with Jim Matney.
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