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 Phoenix Health Systems Partners with Medsphere Systems to Launch the Total IT Solution to Help Critical Access Hospitals and Small Acute Care Hospitals Meet “Meaningful Use” with an Affordable EMR and IT Outsourcing Solution
Dallas, Texas — May 13, 2010. Phoenix Health Systems, a national provider of health care information technology (IT) outsourcing and consulting solutions, has partnered with Medsphere Systems Corporation to provide the OpenVista® Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system to the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) and small acute care hospital markets as part of a Total IT Solution. The Total IT Solution is a unique, innovative and cost-effective EMR built within an IT outsourcing solution that addresses the critical issues that hospitals — particularly small, budget-conscious hospitals — face in the rapid changing healthcare environment today. The solution addresses hospitals' limited resources for effectively managing IT requirements while implementing mission-critical EMR systems in time to achieve “meaningful use” and qualify for federal stimulus funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Phoenix's Total IT Solution provides a timely implementation of the proven OpenVista clinical application suite and an around the clock IT service model that includes leveraged IT leadership, dedicated onsite support, and complete management of the IT function for the hospital. The Total IT Solution is offered to hospitals for an affordable monthly fee, which is an attractive option for organizations unable to commit to the large capital expenditures required to implement most software packages.
“Phoenix is excited about our partnership with Medsphere and the advantages the Total IT Solution provides small hospitals as they struggle to meet meaningful use requirements,” said Phoenix Health Systems President and CEO Darin K. LeGrange. “Small hospitals, because of their size and funding constraints, are in a difficult position in the drive to meet the deadlines for deploying an EMR. The Total IT Solution provides hospitals with a proven EMR system and the knowledge, technology and staffing required to operate an effective IT department.”
Added Medsphere President and CEO Mike Doyle: “One of the great ironies of the American healthcare system is that critical access hospitals, these crucial failsafe facilities, generally can't afford the vast majority of technologies that enable them to improve care. We are very excited and proud to partner with Phoenix Health Systems in making transformational health IT solutions available at a price critical access hospitals can afford.”
About Phoenix Health Systems
Headquartered in Richardson, Texas, a Dallas suburb, Phoenix Health Systems is a national information technology solutions provider offering an integrated set of professional and technical services to community hospitals and other healthcare organizations. Through consulting and IT outsourcing, Phoenix enables any healthcare organization to achieve its long-term objectives of administrative cost reduction, increased efficiency, improved patient safety and regulatory compliance. Visit www.phoenixhealth.com for more info.
About Medsphere and OpenVista
Founded in 2002 and based in Carlsbad, California, Medsphere Systems Corporation is an award-winning organization of clinical and technology professionals working to make quality health IT solutions accessible to organizations of virtually any size, shape or budget. Medsphere's OpenVista®, a portfolio of clinical support products and professional services, leverages the proven VistA system developed by the Department of Veterans Affairs. VistA is widely credited with helping transform the VA into the nation's most efficient and clinically effective healthcare organization. OpenVista, the most fully commercialized VistA offspring, is a responsible reapplication of the VA's $8.5 billion investment.
Medsphere's subscription-based pricing model enables its hospital, clinic and integrated delivery network customers to pay for OpenVista from their operating budget with no upfront costs or back-end balloon payments. Expert implementation and other services facilitate fluid and rapid transition to a paperless clinical environment focusing on best practices and evidence-based medicine in six to nine months. Medsphere also actively nurtures the Healthcare Open Source Ecosystem, a global community of customers, partners, developers and other online collaborators who drive OpenVista innovation and provide a parallel development and support structure. Learn more about the company at medsphere.com and the Ecosystem at medsphere.org.
Phoenix Media Contact
Christopher Madeira — Director, Marketing & Public Relations
Ph. 214.261.0660 • email cmadeira@phoenixhealth.com |
