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MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM SELECTS PATIENTKEEPER AS ITS PHYSICAN INFORMATION SYSTEM PARTNER
Physician Portal and Mobile Applications Will Help More Than 1,700 Affiliated Doctors Enhance Patient Care and Service Hollywood, FL and Boston, Mass – April 11, 2006 – Memorial Healthcare System, a leading five-hospital system in South Florida that includes one of the largest hospitals in Florida, today announced it has selected the award-winning PatientKeeper® as its physician information system partner. With PatientKeeper Mobile Clinical Results™ and PatientKeeper Physician Portal™, physicians will have access to their patients’ complete medical records using PDAs, Smartphones, tablets, or any computer with a Web browser. In addition, PatientKeeper Charge Capture™ will streamline the billing process. The industry has recognized Memorial Healthcare System's dedication to excellence and innovation with numerous awards, including the prestigious 100 Most Wired Hospitals & Health Systems. "PatientKeeper is intuitive to physicians, which translates to more immediate benefit to the individual physicians and to the organization," said Stanley W. Marks, M.D., chief medical officer at Memorial Healthcare System. "Offering PatientKeeper’s widely-adopted software to our staff and affiliated physicians will help physicians save time and simplify access to patient information. Taken together, this enhances patient care and service while improving physician satisfaction." Only PatientKeeper is designed to support a physician’s entire day. PatientKeeper’s applications allow physicians to 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. PatientKeeper will integrate to Memorial’s existing IDX® CareCast5 system for patient clinical information and IDX GroupCast® for financial information. Through Memorial Healthcare System, more than 1,700 physicians will have access to PatientKeeper applications, including PatientKeeper Mobile Clinical Results, PatientKeeper Physician Portal, and PatientKeeper Charge Capture:
"Memorial continuously strives to enhance the quality of care, maintain physician affinity and manage revenue," said Robert Reese, chief information officer of Memorial Healthcare System. "After a careful evaluation of vendors, we determined that PatientKeeper meets the needs of our diverse and expansive environment and provides the appropriate software to help our physicians save time and make well-informed medical decisions, as well as manage their individual billing." "We are excited to welcome Memorial as a partner and work closely with them to deploy these applications," said Paul W. Brient, president and CEO of PatientKeeper. "We look forward to expanding our partnership to find innovative ways to help them continue to provide their physicians with the best tools possible." About Memorial Healthcare System Memorial Healthcare System is the public, non-profit healthcare provider serving South Broward County, Florida. Memorial Regional Hospital, located in Hollywood, is the flagship facility of the Healthcare System and is one of the largest hospitals in Florida. Memorial Regional Hospital offers an extensive and diverse level of services that include a state-of-the-art Cardiac and Vascular Institute featuring nationally renowned surgeons and a Cancer Institute that treats more inpatients than any other in Broward County. Memorial Healthcare System facilities have earned many prestigious awards including: South Florida's Best Hospitals, Quality Care Leader, Top 100 Hospitals, Best Run Hospital, Best Nursing Staff, Best Pediatric Hospital and Best Maternity Hospital. The Healthcare System was also honored by the American Hospital Association with the "Living the Vision" award in which Memorial was selected from over 5,000 hospitals to serve as the first-ever national model for improving the health of the community it serves. 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 |