Baptist Health Improves Patient Care through Adoption of eClinicalWorks Integrated EMR and PM Solution.WESTBOROUGH, Mass. -- Five-Campus Healthcare System to Streamline Connectivity Between Clinics and Improve Internal Processes to Promote Patient Safety eClinicalWorks, the leading provider of integrated end-to-end electronic medical records and practice management systems for multi-location, multi-specialty medical practices, today announced Baptist Health has selected the eClinicalWorks unified software solution for Electronic Medical Records (EMR (ElectroMagnetic Radiation) The emanation of energy from everything in the universe. Although the EMR from electrical and electronic devices is typically measured for practical, every-day situations, every object, including humans, emanates energy. ) and Practice Management (PM) as one of the options for their independent medical staff. More than 1,300 physicians at Baptist Health provide comprehensive care to patients in both Northeast Florida and Southern Georgia at every stage of life. The eClinicalWorks unified solution will help improve internal processes at Baptist Health by simplifying connectivity between the health system's five campuses, and promoting patient safety while reducing costs. "Baptist Health has a commitment to our community to take the 'Best Care' of our friends and neighbors," says Serrine Dully, manager, physician practices information services See Information Systems. , Baptist Health. "The health care industry is rapidly moving in the direction of digital care systems to improve patient safety and streamline processes. Baptist Health wants to offer any improved efficiencies as they become available. We believe eClinicalWorks is an improvement in how we can deliver healthcare in the 21st century." eClinicalWorks' award-winning EMR solution allows healthcare providers to manage patient flow, immediately access patient records in-house or remotely, electronically communicate with the referring physicians and securely send consult notes and clinical data. Users can easily access and review complete patient histories, past visits, current medications, allergies Allergies Definition Allergies are abnormal reactions of the immune system that occur in response to otherwise harmless substances. Description Allergies are among the most common of medical disorders. , labs and charts. Integrated with EMR is eClinicalWorks Practice Management, designed to instantly streamline the medical billing process. Benefits of eClinicalWorks With eClinicalWorks a physician practice will experience improved efficiency and team productivity, enhanced quality of patient care, increased patient satisfaction and minimized risk of medical errors. "Baptist Health is dedicated to using technology that allows them to provide their patients with the highest quality of care while reducing costs and improving efficiency," said Girish Kumar, founder and vice president of sales/marketing, eClinicalWorks. "We at eClinicalWorks are proud to support Baptist Health's initiative, and look forward to adding value to Baptist Health by facilitating remote, immediate access to patient information, allowing physicians to spend more time on delivering quality care to their patients and less time managing paperwork." Practices that chose to use the system will benefit from the complete integrated suite of the eClinicalWorks platform. With eClinicalWorks, offices are connected via interoffice in·ter·of·fice adj. Transmitted or taking place between offices, especially those of a single organization: an interoffice memo; interoffice conferences. messaging, improving communications. Patient arrival alerts are sent to nurse and physician desktops. The system manages patient flow and provides flexible and powerful data entry tools to allow a physician, nurse or other medical staff member to enter patient information using predefined phrases. For transcription transcription /trans·crip·tion/ (-krip´shun) the synthesis of RNA using a DNA template catalyzed by RNA polymerase; the base sequences of the RNA and DNA are complementary. tran·scrip·tion n. , the system learns the users' vocabulary and develops a high quality clinical content data bank. eClinicalWorks PM eliminates the roadblocks inherent in healthcare billing processes. PM software acts like a billing assistant, helping to reduce accounts receivables accounts receivable n. the amounts of money due or owed to a business or professional by customers or clients. Generally, accounts receivable refers to the total amount due and is considered in calculating the value of a business or the business' problems in paying and expedite ex·pe·dite tr.v. ex·pe·dit·ed, ex·pe·dit·ing, ex·pe·dites 1. To speed up the progress of; accelerate. 2. collection revenue, resulting in maximized profitability. eClinicalWorks PM includes online payor communication, claims submission and tracking, payment posting, Medicare submission integration, collection and statement letter generation and more. About Baptist Health Baptist Health is a nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. mission-driven and faith- based organization operated locally with a strong commitment to serving its community's healthcare needs. For more than 50 years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time residents of Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia have depended on Baptist Health for excellence in health care for life. As the region's most comprehensive health care provider, Baptist Health is committed to continually con·tin·u·al adj. 1. Recurring regularly or frequently: the continual need to pay the mortgage. 2. expand and enhance its circle of care to meet the needs of its thriving thrive intr.v. thrived or throve , thrived or thriv·en , thriv·ing, thrives 1. To make steady progress; prosper. 2. and ever-growing community. With five campuses, one being a children's hospital A children's hospital is a hospital which offers its services exclusively to children. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties. , Baptist Health has 800 beds total with more than 1,300 physicians on staff. In addition to building the first new hospital to be constructed in Jacksonville in the 21st century, Baptist Medical Center South, Baptist Health is expanding all four of our existing facilities (Downtown/Main campus, Beaches, Nassau, and Wolfson Children's Hospital). About eClinicalWorks Founded in 1997, eClinicalWorks is a leading provider of unified ambulatory Movable; revocable; subject to change; capable of alteration. An ambulatory court was the former name of the Court of King's Bench in England. It would convene wherever the king who presided over it could be found, moving its location as the king moved. clinical information systems. The company's EMR (Electronic Medical Record) and PM (Practice Management) solutions, ideal for multi-specialty and multi-location practice networks, are designed to streamline a practice's front-, mid- and back-office operations to ensure superior patient care. eClinicalWorks has an established U.S. customer base of more than 4,000 medical providers, covering 50 specialties across all 50 states. eClinicalWorks has been awarded top industry honors including Best in KLAS' Ambulatory EMR (1-5) in 2004, the top Practice Management solution and Medical Records Document Imaging/Management System by TEPR TEPR Toward an Electronic Patient Record Conference 2004, the top EMR solution by TEPR 2003 and the 5-STAR rated EMR solution by ACGroup in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Based in Westborough, Mass., eClinicalWorks boasts a talented, energetic and highly educated staff of more than 170 people. More information on eClinicalWorks can be found at www.eclinicalworks.com or by calling (866) 888-MY-CW. |
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