HOUSTON and JUPITER, Fla., Feb. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Excel Medical (Excel), the leader in Next-Generation Medical Device IntegrationTM (MDI), today announced that Houston Methodist Hospital is live with Excel's BedMasterExTM platform to facilitate digital cardiac report integration with the hospital's Epic electronic health record (EHR). The BedMasterEx technology implementation covers the hospital's ICUs and telemetry units – totaling 1,119 bed licenses and 67 operating rooms in the main hospital facility.

Houston Methodist Hospital, like many hospitals and medical centers today, is confronting challenges related to the capture, retention, utilization and integration of high-value patient data, as well as improving device connectivity. Seeking a solution that would streamline the collection, delivery and accessibility of patient data within its Epic EHR interface, the hospital identified Excel's BedMasterEx technology as having the best functionality for the remit.

Starting with its ICUs and telemetry units, Houston Methodist Hospital is using BedMasterEx to facilitate a shift from the inefficiencies and inherent risks associated with paper cardiac strips and cardiac shift reports that are manually printed and scanned, to electronic digital cardiac reports and digital cardiac rhythm strips that are integrated into, and immediately available within, the hospital's Epic system for clinician review. By eliminating manual printing and scanning of documentation, BedMasterEx creates streamlined workflows, safer patient handoffs and allows improved, more timely clinical decision-making, all of which benefit the hospital, clinicians and patients.

"Excel's BedMasterEx technology is helping us improve patient care and improving patient documentation," said a representative from Houston Methodist Hospital.

Houston Methodist Hospital, the flagship of the Houston Methodist system, is widely recognized to be at the forefront of adopting technological innovations that enhance its clinical operations and patient care. The deployment of Excel's BedMasterEx technology reinforces its reputation for innovation by addressing some of the thorniest technical challenges confronting hospitals and medical centers today, including medical device data integration and device connectivity.

The hospital was recently named by U.S. News & World Report to its annual "Best Hospitals Honor Roll," being selected as one of the nation's top 20 hospitals for the second time (article link: http://bit.ly/2lkQFWE). U.S. News simultaneously named it the No. 1 hospital in Texas for the fifth consecutive year.

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