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LEADING CENTRAL ILLINOIS HOSPITAL SELECTS ADVANCED PHYSICIAN INFORMATION SYSTEM
Breadth and Maturity of Applications and Downtime Solution Cited as Reasons for Selection Springfield, Illinois – March 7, 2006 – Memorial Medical Center, the flagship hospital for the Springfield, Ill.-based Memorial Health System, has selected PatientKeeper’s award-winning Physician Information System™ to address its information technology needs with one integrated environment. Physicians practicing at the hospital will now be able to manage patient care, collaborate with other providers, and record charges for services with Web browsers on laptop/desktop PCs, PDAs, and Smartphones. Moreover, PatientKeeper will provide physicians with access to essential patient information even during scheduled and unscheduled system downtimes. "We selected PatientKeeper after an extensive evaluation of the marketplace," said Kerra Guffey, chief information officer at Memorial Health System. "We were impressed with the breadth and maturity of PatientKeeper’s applications, its track record of continuous innovation, and its commitment to customer service and customer success. We believe PatientKeeper will give our physicians an advantage by making our Cerner Millennium™ system and other I.T. resources much more accessible and serve as an important downtime solution for the institution." Only PatientKeeper’s Physician Information System is designed to support a physician’s entire day. Physicians can access their patients’ electronic records, write prescriptions, enter charges for services, document patient encounters, place orders, and securely send messages to other caregivers – all in a single integrated environment. Memorial Medical Center’s implementation will include PatientKeeper Mobile Clinical Results™, PatientKeeper Physician Portal™, PatientKeeper Messaging™, and PatientKeeper Charge Capture™.
"PatientKeeper is a key partner in Memorial’s long-term I.T. strategy," said Keith Minard, consultant and acting chief technology officer at Memorial Health System. "We needed a partner that could address the needs of today and help tackle the challenges of tomorrow – whatever they may be. PatientKeeper’s robustness and its complete set of integration options – both HL7 and direct – to existing systems assured us that we could immediately meet our physicians’ needs without fear of future obsolescence." "The daily demands on physicians have grown dramatically as the load on healthcare delivery increases and medicine becomes ever more information intensive," said Robert Vautrain, M.D, chief medical officer at Memorial Health System. "PatientKeeper is the first tool I’ve seen that is designed to put the physician in control. PatientKeeper makes it easier to access and act upon patient information and to collaborate with other caregivers, allowing physicians to spend more time with their patients and get home sooner." "We are excited that Memorial Medical Center has chosen PatientKeeper as its Physician Information System partner," said Paul W. Brient, president and chief executive officer of PatientKeeper. "Our applications will make their physicians’ lives easier and help them deliver the best possible care to their patients. Additionally, in today’s competitive environment, the Physician Information System will improve physician job satisfaction and build affinity." System installation is scheduled to commence this summer. About Memorial Health System Memorial Health System is a community-based, not-for-profit corporation dedicated to patient care, education and research. Memorial Health System affiliates are Memorial Medical Center, Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln, Ill.; St. Vincent Memorial Hospital in Taylorville, Ill; the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Illinois, Memorial HomeCare, Mental Health Centers of Central Illinois, and Health Care Network Associates (a physician network with clinics in Springfield, Chatham, Jacksonville, Petersburg, and Lincoln). Memorial Health System received the 2005 Silver Award from the Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence for their dedication to performance excellence. 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. For more information, visit www.patientkeeper.com or call 617-987-0300. Contact: Stephen S. Hau, PatientKeeper, shau@patientkeeper.com, (617) 987-0304 |