Boyceville’s new EMS software has many benefits for EMTs and patients
By LeAnn R. Ralph
BOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville Community Ambulance District’s new report-writing software recently went “live” and features many benefits for Emergency Medical Technicians and patients.
The ESO Solutions software is tailored to the Boyceville ambulance service and now all of the reports are paperless, reported Matt Feeney, ambulance director, at the Boyceville Community Ambulance District Board meeting August 16.
Information on vital signs, for example, is entered into the computer used in the ambulance, and then the information is faxed to the hospital, Feeney said.
The Mayo Clinic Health System started using Epic software earlier this summer, and Epic has a feature that “talks” to ESO, he said.
Feeney said the Boyceville ambulance service was not aware of the Epic feature until the medical director recently came to meet with EMTs.
In the past, EMTs would deliver a patient to a hospital and then would never know the outcome for that patient, Feeney said.
With the new software, EMTs can flag a patient’s file so the doctor’s notes come back to the Boyceville file and EMTs can find out how the patient is doing, he said.
Boyceville EMTs can also use the software to access Mayo patient information and can find out what medications a patient is taking, for example, Feeney said.
The software “is a huge benefit all the way around,” he said.
Other business
In other business, the Boyceville Community Ambulance District:
• Learned that Andres Medical Billing had started collecting for the Boyceville ambulance service in July, and with only three collections, had brought in $5,300. Boyceville switched to AMB from Life Quest. According to Feeney’s report to the ambulance district board, Life Quest had collected $6,129.33 for July.
• Learned that Boyceville’s new ambulance is in the process of being built and is expected to be shipped the first part of September.
• Learned that the Boyceville ambulance service had received $1,400 in revenue for July for providing standby at the Red Cedar Speedway. The ambulance service also received $420 for conducting Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation classes, along with $400 in donations and $564 from the League of Wisconsin Municipalities.
• Learned that as of August 16, the Boyceville ambulance service had $90,551.40 remaining funds on hand.
The Boyceville Community Ambulance District Board meets next on September 13 at the Boyceville village hall at 6:30 p.m.
