Three Steward Health Care hospitals in Ohio and Pennsylvania have introduced an app enabling emergency medical responders to share patient information with hospitals in real time, according to The Business Journal.
Northside Regional Medical Center in Youngstown, Ohio; Trumbull Regional Medical Center in Warren, Ohio; and Sharon (Pa.) Regional Medical Center recently deployed Twiage, an app designed to create efficient communication channels between EMS and emergency room operators.
Through the app, hospital officials can prepare their facilities for incoming patients while the ambulance is en route, allowing for treatment to start as soon as the patient is admitted into the ER.
"In emergency care, speed and information save lives," Brenden Hayden, vice president of EMS at the three hospitals' parent company, Boston-based Steward Health Care, said in a statement obtained by The Business Journal. "With Twiage, Steward's emergency departments in the Mahoning Valley will be able to treat people even more quickly, delivering the highest standard of care to patients across the communities in which they live."