written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . june 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message perahealth type privately held industry health informatics founded 2005 headquarters charlotte north carolina united states of america products rothman index website http www.perahealth.com rothman healthcare corporation provides electronic health record ehr solutions for hospital application platforms . the company offers the rothman index a software tool that implements a graphical user interface for the visualization of patient data contained in the ehr . the rothman index generates a regularly updated health score based on vital signs nursing assessments and lab results in a graphical format . its software enables healthcare professionals to access patient health data . 1 contents 1 history 2 the rothman index 3 rothman healthcare becomes perahealth inc. 4 references history edit the rothman index is named in honor of florence rothman . in 2003 florence underwent an operation to replace a heart valve at sarasota memorial hospital . although her health initially improved after the operation it gradually worsened until she died 10 days after the operation . her sons michael and steven rothman determined that it was the overall system of care that failed her by not detecting her gradual health deterioration . their solution was to develop a simple measure of a patient s overall condition that can be plotted versus time to show a doctor or a nurse whether a patient is recovering or deteriorating . they worked with sarasota memorial hospital by analyzing thousands of patient records in the electronic health record to develop the rothman index . 2 the rothman index edit a snapshot of a patient rothman index graph . the rothman index captures data found in a hospital s electronic health record and displays the progression of a patient s health over time . the rothman index generates a regularly updated health score synthesizing routine vital signs nursing assessments and lab results for display in a user friendly graphical format summarizing thousands of pages of patient data at a glance.the rothman index simplifies the tracking of patient progress and detects subtle declines in health . rapid response teams physicians and nurses have the ability to see multiple patient graphs simultaneously . this allows for earlier interventions and a summarized understanding of a whole unit . 3 the rothman index solution has been contracted by sarasota memorial hospital 4 blessing hospital 5 orlando health 6 the methodist hospital system in houston 7 yale new haven hospital 8 shannon health in texas 9 and shands healthcare & the university of florida 10 as well as other hospitals . rothman healthcare becomes perahealth inc. edit in 2011 rothman healthcare becomes perahealth inc. references edit bloomberg business week rothman healthcare corporation listing . 2011 06 08 . histalk interviews michael rothman . 2001 10 25 . hospital network rothman healthcare partners with methodist hospital system . . 2011 04 20 . histalk interviews michael rothman . 2001 10 25 . fierce healthcare blessing health system advancing quality patient care with rothman healthcare corporation s patient condition tracker . . 2010 10 05 . denver post rothman healthcare corporation and orlando health partner in a clinical study to measure and improve patient safety and quality of care through the rothman index . .2011 02 15 . hospital network rothman healthcare partners with methodist hospital system . . 2011 04 20 . rothman index licensed by yale new haven health . . 2011 07 12 . shannon health latest to choose the rothman index as its patient monitoring system . 2012 01 05 . shands healthcare implementing rothman index . . 2012 05 02 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rothman healthcare & oldid 734804852 categories patient safetyinformation technology companies of the united stateshealth information technology companieshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from june 2013all articles with a promotional tonepages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 august 2016 at 20 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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