Zynx Health's Grant Campbell and Baylor Scott & White Health's Nurse Professional Development Specialists to Speak at SINI 2015

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Jul 20, 2015, 01:57 ET

LOS ANGELES, July 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

WHAT:
At the University of Maryland School of Nursing's 2015 Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics (SINI) conference in Baltimore, Maryland, Grant Campbell, M.S.N., R.N., senior director of Nursing Strategy and Informatics at Zynx Health™, will present "Utilizing A Mobile Care Coordination Platform to Improve Transitions of Care."

Zynx Health, part of the Hearst Health network, is the pioneer and market leader in evidence-based clinical improvement and mobile care solutions that provide the care guidance to enhance quality, improve care coordination, and decrease variation across an individual's health journey. With Zynx Health, healthcare organizations exceed industry demands for delivering high-quality care at lower costs. Zynx Health partners with healthcare organizations to continuously and measurably improve care.

Baylor Scott & White Health's D'Ann Orr, M.S.N., R.N., C.H.T.S.-C.P, C.C.R.P., and Laurie Herzer, B.S.N., R.N., M.P.H., O.C.N.^®, both nurse professional development specialists III, will co-deliver a poster presentation on "Building A Better Care Plan."

TIME/PLACE/REGISTRATION:
Grant Campbell: 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. EDT, Friday, July 24
D'Ann Orr and Laurie Herzer: 8:30 to 9:15 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, July 22; Thursday, July 23, 3:30 to 5 p.m. EDT
Location is University of Maryland School of Nursing in downtown Baltimore, Maryland. Click here to register.

PRESENTATION TOPICS:
Campbell will describe how one accountable care organization (ACO) in Northern California deployed a shared mobile care coordination communication platform powered by ZynxCarebook™ to improve its ability to support transition needs of patients in moving from acute care to post-acute settings. The ACO realized a 40 percent increase in post-discharge referrals to case management, 30 percent increase in post-discharge appointments kept, 39 percent increase in medication discrepancy, and a 10.2 percent readmission rate (compared to Medicare average of 21 percent).

Orr and Herzer will co-present Baylor Scott & White Health's plan to update and simplify its electronic care plan templates to be more concise, meaningful and evidence-based via the ZynxCare^® solution. The 18-month process at the Temple, Texas-based healthcare organization resulted in a reduction of redundant problems and interventions, and minimized verbiage and decreased mouse clicks that improved user satisfaction and compliance.

INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES:
Grant Campbell, M.S.N., R.N., senior director, nursing strategy and informatics, Zynx Health
D'Ann Orr, M.S.N., R.N., C.H.T.S.-C.P, C.C.R.P., and Laurie Herzer, B.S.N., R.N, M.P.H., O.C.N.^®, both of Baylor Scott & White Health. Pre- and post-event interviews can be arranged. Download photos of Campbell, Orr and Herzer.

Zynx Health is part of the Hearst Health network, which also includes FDB (First Databank), MCG and Homecare Homebase, and Hearst Health International. The mission of the Hearst Health network is to help guide the most important care moments by delivering vital information into the hands of everyone who touches a person's health journey. Each year in the U.S., care guidance from the Hearst Health network reaches 84 percent of discharged patients, 174 million insured individuals, 35 million home health visits, and 4 billion prescriptions. Extensions of the Hearst Health network include Hearst Health Ventures and the Hearst Health Innovation Lab. www.hearsthealth.com

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