Hospitals to Contain Rising Costs With PatientKeeper's ChargeKeeper Application
Doctors Deliver Compelling ROI Capturing Charges at Point-of-Care
BOSTON, Feb. 4 - PRNewswire - ChargeKeeper, the PatientKeeper application generating up to a 490% ROI in hospitals throughout the country, has been chosen to support revenue generation through more efficient and accurate billing at the University of California at San Diego and Children's Hospital of Orange County, California. PatientKeeper announced today that doctors in each of the two independent hospitals will soon be using their handheld technology to recoup charges for service at the point of care, resulting in faster processing, accuracy in billing, and streamlined work flow which cuts staff time.
"With the costs of healthcare continually on the rise, hospitals are taking a hard look at investing in a technology that will yield a hard dollar return," commented Paul W. Brient, president and chief executive of PatientKeeper. "The fact that PatientKeeper's handheld technology can be broadly applied to address many other clinical and administrative functions makes it a wise investment for hospitals addressing patient safety while trying to contain rising costs," Brient continued.
PatientKeeper's mobile handheld technology is based on an enterprise-wide platform that integrates all of a hospital's existing IT systems and allows secure communication between doctors and their choice of handheld device. While the ChargeKeeper application drives an immediate ROI, PatientKeeper's Clinical Application Suite addresses patient safety at point of care through on demand lab results, medication lists, allergy alerts, and patient information management.
"We believe these most recent customer wins for ChargeKeeper are indicative of trend in hospital IT investment," stated Brient. "While medication safety, nursing shortages and other issues are demanding attention and investment, handheld technology like PatientKeeper's can deliver a compelling ROI with ChargeKeeper and then be broadened with our Clinical Application Suite to address other issues. It's a smart way for a hospital or health system to grow incrementally and leverage their existing IT resources," Brient concluded.
These most recent PatientKeeper customer wins add to a broad base of hospitals and health systems which have already implemented PatientKeeper's mobile technology, including Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System, the University of Maryland Medical Center; Glens Falls Community Hospital, Glens Fall, New York; North Shore - Long Island Jewish Health System, New York, and a host of others. PatientKeeper's mobile technology is also offered as MillenniumMobile™ by Cerner Corporation, one of this country's most highly regarded clinical information system providers.
About PatientKeeper
PatientKeeper®, Inc. provides healthcare professionals with mobile computing solutions that deliver clinical and financial benefits. The PatientKeeper Platform™ easily integrates with existing information systems. PatientKeeper and its partners have created a portfolio of applications that allow doctors to interactively manage patient information, view clinical results, enter charges, dictate notes, write prescriptions, and more. For more information, visit www.patientkeeper.com or call 617-987-0300.
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