Moses Cone Health System Selects Streamline Health to Enhance the Electronic Medical Record
08 Dezembro 2009 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Implementation of Enterprise Document Workflow Solution to Help
Achieve Goal of Becoming Paperless in Five Years CINCINNATI, Dec. 8
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Streamline Health Solutions, Inc.
(NASDAQ:STRM) a leading provider of document workflow solutions for
hospitals, today announced that Moses Cone Health System has
selected the Company's enterprise technology to improve quality and
operating efficiency by providing their physicians with one view of
the patient medical record across their healthcare enterprise. The
implementation of the Company's enterprise document workflow
solution will help Moses Cone Health System achieve its goal of
becoming paperless within the next five years. Moses Cone Health
System is the largest healthcare provider in Greensboro, NC and is
comprised of five hospitals with over 7,500 healthcare
professionals. Moses Cone Health System is considered a leader in
providing quality patient care in the Southeastern region of the
United States. Tim Rice, President and CEO, Moses Cone Health
System, was recently appointed to The Joint Commission's Board of
Commissioners by the American Hospital Association. In addition,
the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Magnet
Recognition Program® for excellence in nursing services has once
again designated all five Moses Cone Health System hospitals as
Magnet hospitals. Only two percent of hospitals across the country
have Magnet designation. "Implementing this document workflow
technology from Streamline Health is an important step in our
strategic IT plan for the health system," notes John Jenkins, Chief
Information Officer at Moses Cone Health System. "Being able to
electronically connect patient documents with the patient records
of our Centricity® Enterprise systems from GE Healthcare will
provide our clinicians with more immediate access to complete
patient information. This will allow us to further improve the
quality of care we provide to our community, and drive improved
efficiency across our organization with the use of advanced
workflow technology." "We are grateful for the opportunity to work
with a leader like Moses Cone Health System," said J. Brian Patsy,
President and CEO of Streamline Health. "John and his team share
our passion with respect to our mutual desire to leverage
technology to streamline healthcare processes to drive operational
efficiency. Our mutual goal is to improve patient care by providing
all stakeholders with instant electronic access to all forms of
healthcare information." About Moses Cone Health System Moses Cone
Health System consists of The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital,
Wesley Long Community Hospital, The Women's Hospital of Greensboro,
Annie Penn Hospital, Moses Cone Behavioral Health, LeBauer
HealthCare, Penn Nursing Center and various outpatient clinics and
programs. Moses Cone Health System provided $110 million in
uncompensated care in FY 2008 to the people of Guilford,
Rockingham, Forsyth, Randolph and Alamance Counties. About
Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. Streamline Health is a leading
supplier of document workflow and document management tools,
applications and services that assist strategic business partners
and healthcare organizations to improve operational efficiencies
through business process optimization. The Company provides
integrated tools and technologies for automating document-intensive
environments, including document workflow, document management,
e-forms, connectivity, optical character recognition (OCR) and
business process integration. Streamline Health's solutions create
a permanent document-based repository of historical health
information that is complementary and can be seamlessly integrated
with existing disparate clinical, financial and administrative
information systems, providing convenient electronic access to all
forms of patient information from any location, including secure
web-based access. For additional information, please visit our
website at http://www.streamlinehealth.net/. Safe Harbor statement
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Health Solutions Lytham Partners, LLC Melissa Vincent Joe Diaz,
Robert Blum, Joe Dorame Marketing Communications (602) 889-9700
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