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Appendices: Timeline
1986 The hospital performs its first heart transplant and first kidney transplant. 1988 Presbyterian purchases St. Joseph’s interest in Health Plus. PACIS is implemented at Northside Hospital. 1989 Presbyterian’s Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) pioneers the use of surfactants for infants suffering respiratory failure. 1990 Presbyterian performs the state’s first bone marrow transplant. 1991 SCHS changes its name to Presbyterian Healthcare Services (PHS). Presbyterian implements a new electronic billing system called “Medipac.” 1993 Albuquerque businessman Larry Stroup succeeds Jack Rust as chair of the Presbyterian board of directors. 1995 Albuquerque native Jim Hinton succeeds Dick Barr as president of PHS. Health Plus changes its name to Presbyterian Health Plan (PHP). Computerized Physician Order Entry using PACIS is made available to providers. 1996 PHP enrolls its 100,000th member, an employee of Albuquerque’s Garcia Honda. 1997 David Scrase is named president of Presbyterian Health Plan. PHS forms the Presbyterian Heart Group. 1998 What the media dubs “Heart Wars” pits doctors of the Presbyterian Heart Group against other cardiac care physicians in Albuquerque. The first computers on wheels are implemented at Presbyterian Hospital: new laboratory, radiology, and surgical services information systems are implemented.
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1999 Presbyterian Hospital is recognized as the state’s most electronically wired hospital. 2000 PHP receives accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance. RobotRX is implemented at Presbyterian Hospital Pharmacy, allowing automated storage, dispensing, returning, restocking, and crediting of bar-coded medications. 2001 PHS commits to achieving the Three Things: the Malcolm Baldrige Award, a AA-financial rating, and a top 10 percent ranking in patient safety. Medication-dispensing cabinets (AcuDose) implemented across nursing units. 2002 PHP creates the Presbyterian Insurance Company to offer products beyond HMO plans. Medication Administration utilizing barcode technology (AcuScan) is implemented and the Physician Portal is deployed. 2003 Presbyterian opens a cardiac care unit and a pediatric intensive care unit. Electronic clinical documentation begins for nursing, and fetal monitoring and electronic documentation is implemented. 2004 Presbyterian opens its new Women’s Center Labor and Delivery Wing, which includes seventeen family birthing center rooms, forty-three mother/baby care rooms, and a fifty-bed NICU. A new order management system by McKesson replaces PACIS. Electronic clinical documentation begins for some ancillary departments. 2005 Rachel’s Courtyard opens at Presbyterian Hospital. 2006 Presbyterian embarks on the new Computerized Provider Order Entry by McKesson and implements Electronic Medical Imaging. Presbyterian opens Emergency Room and a professional building in Rio Rancho.
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