Seven-Hospital System to Enhance Safety and Automate Patient Tracking in the ERCHICAGO and PEORIA, Ill., May 31, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ — Allscripts
(Nasdaq: MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and
information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, today
announced that OSF Healthcare System has selected the HealthMatics(R) ED
Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) to automate emergency
operations and improve access to patient information for more than 200,000
annual patient visits in five of the organization’s seven hospitals and three
urgent care clinics.
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OSF HealthCare is a multi-state corporation providing state-of-the-art,
compassionate care to more than 2.5 million people in the communities it
serves in Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin. HealthMatics ED
(https://www.allscripts.com/edis) will streamline processes for the
organization’s Emergency Departments, including patient tracking and triage,
nurse and physician charting, reporting and disposition.
“OSF HealthCare is committed to further enhancing the quality and safety
of patient care provided in our Emergency Departments, and Allscripts will
help us achieve both goals,” said Robert White, MD, Chief Medical Officer for
Management Information Systems at OSF HealthCare. “We believe the electronic
format of the EDIS ultimately is the best way to deliver critical patient
information to our clinicians in an efficient and standardized manner.”
Physicians, nurses and other Emergency Department staff appreciate
HealthMatics ED’s single-screen view of all ED activity with comprehensive
patient tracking, electronic records, real-time views of all lab orders and
test results, and patient-specific decision support information to enhance
safety. Other system features include remote chart access for community
caregivers and hospital staff, so they can securely access an ED patient’s
chart via the Web without logging into the HealthMatics ED solution.
OSF Healthcare System conducted a comprehensive analysis of EDIS vendors
and selected HealthMatics ED for its industry-leading connectivity,
comprehensive functionality, ease of customization, and proven success at the
nation’s leading hospitals, where the Allscripts solution handles millions of
Emergency Department visits each year.
“Our clinicians were very clear that Allscripts has the all information
they need to improve the delivery of care in the ED,” said Dave Vermillion,
MIS Project Manager for OSF HealthCare. “They found HealthMatics to be the
easiest EDIS to use and the best fit for our existing inpatient information
systems.”
OSF Healthcare System will deploy HealthMatics ED initially in OSF Saint
Francis Medical Center, Peoria, IL; OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center,
Rockford, IL; OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington, IL; OSF St. Mary
Medical Center, Galesburg, IL; OSF Saint James – John W. Albrecht Medical
Center, Pontiac, IL; and in three OSF PromptCare clinics in Peoria and Morton,
IL. Vermillion indicated that the EDIS will eventually be deployed in two
additional Emergency Departments within the OSF Healthcare System.
“Physicians and caregivers inside the Emergency Department need instant
access to the right information at the right time. The very definition of
emergency speaks to speed, quick access, and the ability to document and share
information quickly – and Allscripts delivers,” said Glen Tullman, Chief
Executive Officer of Allscripts. “We’re proud that OSF HealthCare has chosen
Allscripts to help fulfill their mission of providing comprehensive,
integrated, quality health care to their millions of patients, especially when
it comes to the most critical moments.”
About OSF HealthCare
OSF HealthCare, owned and operated by The Sisters of the Third Order of
St. Francis, Peoria, Illinois, includes OSF Healthcare System consisting of
seven acute care facilities, one long-term care facility and two colleges of
nursing. It also has a primary care physician network consisting of more than
200 physicians and over 50 mid-level providers, known as OSF Medical Group.
OSF HealthCare owns OSF Saint Francis, Inc., comprised of healthcare-related
businesses, and OSF Healthcare Foundation, the philanthropic arm of OSF
Healthcare System and OSF Home Care. Additionally, OSF HealthPlans, Inc., a
subsidiary of OSF Saint Francis, Inc., is a licensed managed care company in
the State of Illinois with about 80,000 members.
About Allscripts
Allscripts is the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and
information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare. The Company’s
business units provide unique solutions that inform, connect and transform
healthcare. Allscripts award-winning software applications include Electronic
Health Records, practice management, e-prescribing, document imaging,
emergency department, and care management solutions, all offered through the
Company’s Clinical Solutions units. Additionally, Allscripts provides clinical
product education and connectivity solutions for physicians and patients
through its Physicians Interactive(TM) unit, and medication fulfillment
services through its Medication Services unit. To learn more, visit Allscripts
on the Web at https://www.allscripts.com.
This announcement may contain forward-looking statements about Allscripts
Healthcare Solutions that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements
are developed by combining currently available information with Allscripts
beliefs and assumptions. Forward-looking statements do not guarantee future
performance. Because Allscripts cannot predict all of the risks and
uncertainties that may affect it, or control the ones it does predict,
Allscripts’ actual results may be materially different from the results
expressed in its forward-looking statements. For a more complete discussion of
the risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may affect Allscripts, see the
Company’s 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K, available through the Web site
maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov.
SOURCE Allscripts
Dan Michelson, Chief Marketing Officer, +1-312-506-1217, Dan.Michelson@allscripts.com, or Todd Stein, Senior Manager/Public Relations, +1-312-506-1216, Todd.Stein@allscripts.com, both of Allscripts; or Jim Farrell, Corporate Director, Marketing & Communications of OSF Healthcare System, +1-309-655-2856, James.Farrell@osfhealthcare.org
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