St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan Expands PatientKeeper Relationship with Physician Portal and Charge Capture Applications
Leading Medical Center Enhances Care, Saves Time, Demonstrates 33% Increase in Collections with Physician Information System
Boston, Mass. and New York, NY – February 14, 2007 – St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan, part of Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, today announced it has expanded its relationship with PatientKeeper®, a leading provider of physician information systems, to improve both its clinical workflows and financial performance. Under the terms of the expansion, PatientKeeper will provide St. Vincent's physicians with both the PatientKeeper Physician Portal and PatientKeeper Charge Capture applications, helping to enhance care, save time, and increase collections.
"PatientKeeper Physician Portal presents me with a comprehensive view of my patients," said Richard Roistacher, MD, Medical Director of the Faculty Practice for Internal Medicine at St. Vincent;s Hospital Manhattan. "From any web browser, I can now access my patient's medical history, lab tests and results, insurance information and other relevant information, allowing me to deliver the most informed care possible. PatientKeeper saves me a tremendous amount of time and makes it easy for me to stay informed about my patients."
PatientKeeper is designed to support a physician throughout the entire day, across all settings of care. PatientKeeper's applications allow physicians to access their patients' electronic records, write prescriptions, enter charges for services, document patient encounters, and securely send messages to other caregivers – all in a single, integrated environment. PatientKeeper supports PCs running a Web browser as well as mobile devices.
St. Vincent's, a major healthcare resource in the greater New York Metropolitan area, introduced PatientKeeper to its internists and inpatient physicians last year. Due to PatientKeeper's physician-intuitive design and personalization capability, additional physicians quickly expressed interest in using the system. Today, over 200 physicians at St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan are using PatientKeeper software, including:
- PatientKeeper Physician Portal™ provides a comprehensive, longitudinal view of a patient's entire medical history from any Web browser
- PatientKeeper Charge Capture™ enables clinicians to quickly and easily record charges for services they deliver - at the point of care, in the office, or anywhere in between
- PatientKeeper Mobile Clinical Results™ delivers access to essential patient clinical information - anytime, anywhere with PDAs and Smartphones
"PatientKeeper has completely transformed our operations, taking us from our old paper-based charge capture system into a automated process that has dramatically improved both our cash flow and our top-line revenue," said Ken Ong, MD, MPH, director of medical informatics at Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers." We are now close to capturing 100% of our charges and getting them into the system immediately, because all of those easily-lost pieces of paper are now charges entered electronically by the physicians often right as they see patients. It's no surprise that we've increased collections by 33% within the first three months of use."
"St. Vincent's decision to expand on our existing relationship is a testament to the success we have already achieved together," said Paul W. Brient, president and chief executive officer, PatientKeeper. "Our software helps physicians deliver the most informed care. Additionally, streamlining the billing process creates financial advantage for the organization."
The popularity of PatientKeeper's physician information system continues to grow because of its innovative, integrated portal and mobile applications and because the PatientKeeper's physician information system has been integrated to all major hospital information systems and electronic medial records (EMRs), including Cerner, Eclipsys, Epic, GE Healthcare/IDX, McKesson, MEDITECH, QuadraMed, Siemens, and others.
About St. Vincent's Medical Center
Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers (Saint Vincent's) is anchored by St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan, an academic medical center located in Greenwich Village, St. Vincent's Westchester, a behavioral health hospital in Westchester County, and continuing care services that include two skilled nursing facilities in Brooklyn, another on Staten Island, a hospice, and a home health agency serving the Metropolitan New York area. The system became affiliated with St. Vincent's Midtown Hospital (formerly St. Clare's Hospital) in 2003. Its behavioral health services also provide supportive housing programs for people with mental illness throughout the Metropolitan area. Saint Vincent's is the designated provider for the New York and New Jersey region of the US Family Health Plan sponsored by the US Department of Defense. Saint Vincent's serves as the academic medical center of New York Medical College in New York City. The healthcare organization is sponsored by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Brooklyn and the resident of the Sisters of Charity of New York.
About PatientKeeper
PatientKeeper®, Inc. provides physicians with software that delivers clinical and financial benefits. Only PatientKeeper is designed to support a physician through the entire day. At any time, anywhere, physicians can access their patients' electronic records, write prescriptions, enter charges, dictate notes, document encounters, place orders, or send secure messages to other caregivers – all in a single integrated environment. PatientKeeper has been recognized with the 2006 Microsoft Healthcare User Group (MS-HUG) Award, 2006 and 2005 AMDIS (Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems) Awards for clients' successes, 2005 Frost & Sullivan Award for Industry Innovation and Advancement, and other industry awards. For more information, visit www.patientkeeper.com.
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