DELAWARE - Bayhealth has partnered with the Gift of Life Donor Program to streamline and enhance organ and tissue donation through a new data integration project, making Bayhealth the first hospital in Delaware and only the third in the country to implement the technology.
The partnership centers on a secure application called Copernicus, which enables clinical information from Bayhealth’s Epic electronic health record system to flow directly into Gift of Life’s donor record system, True North. This integration ensures accurate and timely data sharing while allowing medical teams to spend more time supporting patients and their families during critical moments.
“This partnership represents an exciting leap forward in how we honor the wishes of patients and their families and how we continue to improve care during life’s most difficult moments,” said Bayhealth President and Chief Executive Officer Terry Murphy, MHSA, FACHE. “By securely sharing accurate and timely information with Gift of Life, we’re ensuring that every opportunity for organ and tissue donation is supported with compassion, clarity and clinical excellence.”
The new system is expected to improve coordination between clinical and donor services teams, leading to faster response times and better support for families considering donation.