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Press Releases
PHNS Completes
SLUCare EHR Readiness Assessment
DALLAS, TX- June 15,
2006 – PHNS announced that it has completed an in-depth
assessment of the electronic health record (EHR) implementation
readiness of The Physicians of St. Louis University School of
Medicine (SLUCare). PHNS’ reviewed SLUCare’s EHR project plan
and its operations, processes, physical layout, systems
functionality and organizational structure regarding its planned
EHR implementation.
PHNS has
extensive experience in EHR conversion services, including in
particular the McKesson and Cerner Millennium group of
applications. PHNS has successfully implemented 13 full
hospital EHR conversions, resulting in significant operating and
capital dollar savings for PHNS’ customers.
“Before
spending a significant amount of money and resources for an EHR
purchase and implementation, SLUCare decided to get
independent expert advice regarding our readiness to implement
an EHR,” said Jeffrey Mossoff, CMPE, Chief Executive Officer of
SLUCare. “PHNS’ EHR services were a great help to SLUCare,
particularly because of PHNS’ unique combination of EHR,
information technology and medical records management
expertise.”
About SLUCare:
SLUCare is a
leading patient-centered, physician-guided provider of
healthcare services in the St. Louis region that is guided by
Judeo-Christian values and dedicated to excellent service in the
Catholic Jesuit tradition. SLUCare is the physician
medical practice of Saint Louis University School of Medicine.
SLUCare consists of 523 physicians, nurse practitioners,
medical assistants and related professionals who provide high
quality care for patients locally, regionally and nationally.
From July 2004 through June 2005, SLUCare provided
services for 460,774 outpatient visits.
About PHNS:
PHNS provides
comprehensive healthcaring solutions for hospitals
including information technology, health information management
(including medical record management and storage, transcription,
coding, release of information and electronic medical record
services) and receivables management services. Serving more
than 400 U.S. hospitals, PHNS creates business-healthy hospitals
by improving operations, enhancing technology, providing capital
dollars and increasing cash on hand. This allows hospitals to
focus on their core competency--patient care. PHNS is a
national healthcare services company headquartered in Dallas,
Texas. See
www.phns.com for additional information about PHNS.
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