PROMEDICA HEALTH SYSTEM ADOPTS PATIENTKEEPER
AS ITS PHYSICAN INFORMATION SYSTEM
Award-Winning Software Saves Physicians
Time, Enhances Patient Safety, and Increases Revenue
Boston, Mass and Toledo, Ohio – May 23, 2006 –
ProMedica Health System, the largest health care provider in
northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan, today announced that it
has adopted PatientKeeper® as its physician information
system. Physicians use the PatientKeeper Mobile Clinical
Results™ application to access their patients’
medical records and the PatientKeeper Charge Capture™
application to accurately record the services they provide.
ProMedica is the top ranked integrated health system in the
United States, according to the 2006 edition of Verispan’s
annual IHN health assessment report. PatientKeeper supports
ProMedica’s commitment to provide high-quality,
cost-effective healthcare to the communities it serves.
“PatientKeeper is a key part of our information
technology and quality improvement strategy,” said Tom
Della Flora, vice president of information services for ProMedica
Health System. “This software is a true information system
for physicians, helping them manage clinical and financial
information throughout the day. PatientKeeper provided the proven
track record we required for this important and highly visible
initiative.”
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 can support any tablet or PC running a Web browser
as well as Palm OS® and Windows Mobile® devices.
All ProMedica physicians can access PatientKeeper
applications, including PatientKeeper Mobile Clinical Results and
PatientKeeper Charge Capture:
- PatientKeeper Mobile Clinical Results delivers access to
essential patient clinical information – anytime, anywhere
with PDAs and Smartphones
- 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 is an effective and efficient tool for
physicians at ProMedica,” said Dale A. Patterson, M.D. of
ProMedica. “The program makes lab results, radiology
results, medication lists, and dictated consults readily
available at the point of care. The billing module simplifies the
process and ensures that charges are not lost. Having used the
program for two months, I am hooked and could not imagine not
having PatientKeeper.”
“We are pleased that ProMedica Health System has made
PatientKeeper a key part of its information technology
initiative,” said Paul W. Brient, president and chief
executive officer of PatientKeeper. “We are committed to
supporting ProMedica in continuing to be recognized as the
top-ranked health system in the country and ensuring their
physicians have easy access to information so that their patients
can receive the best care.”
About ProMedica Health System
ProMedica Health System, ranked the most integrated health
system in the country, was formed in 1986 and is a Toledo,
Ohio-based, not-for-profit health care organization with 15,000
employees, 70 corporations and joint ventures, 2,900 physicians,
and more than 233 facilities in its 23-county service area in
Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan. ProMedica facilities
treated over 2.25 million patients in 2005 and includes 10
hospitals; ProMedica Continuing Care Services with senior,
rehabilitation, and integrative services; ProMedica Physician
Group, a large network of primary care, obstetrics, and
specialist physicians; Paramount Health care, the largest HMO in
northwest Ohio; and the Health, Education, and Research
Corporation, with more than 60 academic affiliations.
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
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