Thursday, December 30, 2010

Heritage Valley Health System reaches deal to enhance electronic medical records system - Dallas Business Journal:

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The gear allows Heritage’s 150 employed doctorsd to electronically transmit prescriptions and accesx patient medical records from laptopw andhandheld computers, reducing errors and streamlinin care. The industry average for buying electronic medical record systemsis $10,00 0 per doctor, although the exact amountg of the Heritage Valley contrac was not available. Previously, Heritage Valley received a $661,500 grant through healtjh insurance giant to help pay forthe upgrade.
In addition to two Heritage Valley has twosurgery centers, two cancer treatment centers and a numbed of community-based diagnostic and treatment facilities to treat patients from Beaver, Butler and Lawrence counties, and parts of West Virginiaq and Ohio. Allscripts began helping Heritage develop its electronidc recordkeeping systemin 2006. “As an integrated deliverty network, we’re relying on the Allscripts solution to help us creatre a single electronic patient record that will drive greate r integration and improvement incare delivery,” Heritage Presideng and CEO Norm Mitr y said in a preparedc statement.

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