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Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System Selects eClinicalWorks Unified EMR/PM and Patient Portal
Healthcare Organization Begins Ambulatory Electronic Health Record System Initiative for its 200 Employed Physicians and 5,000 Affiliate, Non-employed Medical Staff in California, Colorado, Kansas and Montana
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.—SEPTEMBER 12, 2007— eClinicalWorks™,
a market leader in unified EMR/PM systems, today announced that the
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System (SCLHS) has selected the
company’s unified electronic medical record (EMR) and practice
management (PM) system, along with eClinicalWorks Patient Portal, for
its Ambulatory Electronic Health Record (aEHR) initiative. As part of
this project, eClinicalWorks EMR/PM will interface with the SCLHS GE
Centricity Enterprise hospital system and with local Regional Health
Information Organization (RHIO) initiatives. SCLHS will make the
eClinicalWorks system available to its 200 employed physicians and to
the 5,000 independently practicing physicians on its hospital medical
staffs, on a voluntary basis.
“We have undertaken this aEHR initiative as a means to enhance care
delivery and improve access to care and health information while
protecting the information’s security and privacy,” said Richard T.
Lopes, M.D., SCLHS chief clinical transformation officer. “We are
collaborating with physicians to ensure that this system will provide
precisely the information they need to facilitate improvements in
clinical outcomes across the care delivery continuum. eClinicalWorks has
proven its ability to exceed these requirements, especially as we
connect to our inpatient hospital system and local RHIOs.”
The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System (SCLHS) is a
Catholic not-for-profit health system, composed of eight hospitals and
four stand-alone clinics in California, Colorado, Kansas and Montana.
SCLHS is sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth and
encompasses nearly 11,000 employees, 2,200 staffed beds and a variety of
specialties. Using eClinicalWorks, hospital-affiliated providers will
have improved communication and patient information during both hospital
stays and visits to private physician practices. Patient Portal will
enable providers to communicate securely with their patients via the
Internet.
“The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System is leading a new
trend in hospitals by helping its community physicians implement systems
that increase the quality of patient care, in addition to making both
the practice and the affiliated hospital work more efficiently,” said
Girish Kumar Navani, president of eClinicalWorks. “By selecting
eClinicalWorks EMR/PM and Patient Portal, SCLHS is validating
eClinicalWorks’ role in building community-based electronic health
records. Also, interfacing eClinicalWorks with its GE Centricity
hospital system will ensure that SCLHS affiliated physicians have the
most up-to-date patient information to provide superior care.”
About eClinicalWorks
eClinicalWorks is a privately held leader in the unified electronic
medical record (EMR) and practice management (PM) market. The company’s
EMR/PM solutions are proven for every market segment: large practice
groups, including Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC),
Electronic Health Records of Rhode Island (EHRRI) and the New York City
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, as well as medium, small and
solo practices regardless of specialty. The company enjoys high
profitability with a five-year compounded growth rate of more than 100
percent year-to-year. With an established customer base of 3,000
customers across all 50 states, eClinicalWorks has been awarded multiple
top industry honors including being named to the Inc. 500 in 2007, Best
in KLAS in 2006, 2005 and 2004, a top solution by TEPR for four
consecutive years and the 5-STAR rated EMR solution by AC Group for
three years. Based in Westborough, Mass., eClinicalWorks has additional
offices in Alpharetta, Ga. More information on eClinicalWorks can be
found at www.eclinicalworks.com
or by calling (866) 888-MY-CW.
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Heather Caouette
eClinicalWorks
112 Turnpike Road (Route 9)
Suite 200
Westborough, MA 01581
Phone: 508-836-2700 ext. 203
Fax: 508-836-4466
heather.c@eclinicalworks.com
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