PatientKeeper Wins First Place in the TEPR 2007 Award for Mobile Applications in Healthcare
Breadth of Functionality, Simplicity and Flexibility of Design, and Interoperability and Integration Capabilities Are Presented as Key Distinctions
Dallas, TX and Boston, MA - May 22, 2007 - PatientKeeper, the leading provider of physician information systems, today announced it won first place in the Mobile Applications for Use in Healthcare category at the TEPR 2007 Awards. Breadth of functionality, simplicity and flexibility of design, and interoperability and integration capabilities were presented as key distinctions for PatientKeeper. PatientKeeper also won first place in the TEPR 2005 Award, the last time the mobile application category was offered. 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. TEPR (Toward an Electronic Patient Record) is the Medical Records Institute's annual event. It offers hundreds of expert presentations, an exhibit hall featuring 170+ prominent technology vendors, and a 400+ faculty of experienced and knowledgeable presenters. Some of this year's hottest topics included the continuity of care record, e-Prescribing, workflow for EHRs, government incentives and plans, RHIO issues, patient safety, mobile (wireless) solutions and implementation issues of EHRs. "We are thrilled that an independent, industry-recognized panel of judges has again selected PatientKeeper as the leading vendor for mobile applications for healthcare," said Paul W. Brient, president and CEO, PatientKeeper. "This recognition reaffirms our strategy and approach to providing superior technology to physicians across all settings of care." The popularity of PatientKeeper's physician information system continues to grow because of its innovative, integrated portal and mobile applications and because the PatientKeeper 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 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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