Century City Doctors Hospital to Install Medsphere OpenVista(R) EHR.LA Healthcare Group Selects VistA-Based System for All-Digital Initiative ALISO VIEJO, Calif. -- Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading commercial provider of open source-based electronic health record (EHR (Electronic Health Records) Computerized medical records that bring patient care into the digital age and save time, money and lives. The push to adopt comprehensive electronic documentation between doctors' offices and hospital settings intensified after the RAND ) systems and services, today announced an agreement to implement its OpenVista([R])EHR platform at Century City Doctors Hospital (CCDH CCDH Clark County Department of Health ) in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . The 120-bed acute care facility, located in the west side business district adjacent to Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. , is implementing the OpenVista platform as part of an integrated information systems initiative established by the physician group that acquired, renovated, and opened the hospital in 2005. CCDH selected OpenVista based on its evolution from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) highly respected VistA EHR, Medsphere's successful deployment of OpenVista at other community hospitals, and OpenVista's ability to integrate with Keane's EZ-Access Patcom revenue cycle management application suite to provide best-of-suite clinical and financial capabilities. The implementation will equip 400 physicians and 500 staff members at CCDH with a Medsphere-enhanced VistA platform that includes new functionality tailored to the needs of non-VA healthcare providers, a modernized graphical front end, professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , ongoing upgrades, and 24x7 support. The first phase of the deployment is under way and scheduled for December completion. "Our goal in selecting an electronic health record was to find a vendor that offered pre-built integration between modules because we had limited time and capital to handle a larger number of third-party vendors. Medsphere's OpenVista provided that integration as well as the VistA pedigree," said Joel Bergenfeld, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Century City Doctors Hospital. "The Medsphere platform is VistA at the core, and that gives us the benefit of more than two decades of VA field-testing along with documented proof of improved quality of care." The initial rollout will include OpenVista's Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS CPRS Canadian Public Relations Society CPRS Computerized Patient Record System CPRS California Park and Recreation Society CPRS Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale CPRS Center for Political Research and Studies (Cairo University) ) with integrated Bar The process of organizing the attorneys of a state into an association, membership in which is a condition precedent to the right to practice law. Integration is usually attained by enactment of a statute that grants authority to the highest court of the state to integrate Code Medication Administration (BCMA BCMA British Columbia Medical Association BCMA British Complementary Medicine Association BCMA Bar Code Medication Administration BCMA Black Consciousness Movement of Azania BCMA British Country Music Association BCMA Board-Certified Master Arborist ), pharmacy, radiology, and laboratory applications, plus Keane's Patcom accounts receivable 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 , patient billing, and accounting systems. OpenVista's Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE CPOE Computerized Physician Order Entry CPOE Computerized Provider Order Entry CPOE Computerized Prescriber Order Entry ) Module will be added in the second phase. "Those familiar with the VA know that OpenVista is a fully integrated comprehensive solution facilitating both improved patient care and exactly the kinds of digital and paperless initiatives Century City Doctors Hospital is pursuing," said Denean Rivera, Senior Vice President of Client Services and Strategic Partnerships at Medsphere. "Medsphere knows that OpenVista will provide CCDH with specific and long-term benefits, and that the integration with Keane applications creates a best-of-suite clinical and financial product backed by a unified implementation methodology that is applicable to a wide variety of healthcare enterprises beyond CCDH." Together, the Medsphere and Keane systems will provide an integrated view of orders, test results and medications for a given patient, yielding better information for physicians and nurses, fewer duplicate tests, faster handling of test orders, reduced handwriting and transcription errors, more accurate medication tracking as well as error-checking for duplicate or inaccurate medication doses or allergies, and a complete audit trail for clinical charges. "This joint implementation Joint implementation (JI) is an arrangement under the Kyoto Protocol allowing industrialised countries with a greenhouse gas reduction commitment (so-called Annex 1 countries) to invest in emission reducing projects in another industrialised country as an alternative to with Medsphere at Century City Doctors Hospital is a testament to the effectiveness of our partnership in providing a total solution for revenue cycle, financial and clinical needs, which can be replicated at other facilities," said Larry Coon coon: see raccoon. , Keane's Vice President of Professional Services. "We look forward to partnering with Century City Doctors Hospital and are confident in our ability to meet the aggressive goal of having the hospital's billing systems up and running by the end of the calendar year." The announcement marks Medsphere's third community hospital contract in ten months, following adoptions by Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, and Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County in Rock Springs, Wyoming Rock Springs is a city in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 18,708 at the 2000 census. Rock Springs is the principal city of the Rock Springs micropolitan statistical area with a population of 37,975. , earlier this year. OpenVista has also been deployed at Midland Memorial Hospital in Midland, Texas Midland is the county seat of Midland CountyGR6 located on the Southern Plains of the western area of the U.S. State of Texas. As of the 2006 U.S. Census estimate, the city had a total population of 102,073. , several state-operated hospitals in West Virginia List of hospitals in West Virginia (U.S. state), sorted by hospital name.
About Century City Doctors Hospital Century City Doctors Hospital is Los Angeles' newest acute care hospital and one of the largest physician-owned and operated hospitals in the country. Opened in 2005, CCDH provides the Westside communities of Los Angeles with superior medical care, a fully digital campus and five-star personalized service. The facility currently has 120 licensed beds with a planned 200-bed capacity when all construction and renovations are completed. Salus Surgical Group of Beverly Hills leased the hospital with more than 170 physician investors, providing almost $100 million to date for refurbishment and equipment. For more information, visit www.ccdoctorshospital.com About Medsphere Systems Corporation Medsphere is the leading provider of professional open source technology for the healthcare industry. The company is revolutionizing healthcare by delivering commercially supported software based on the proven VistA electronic health record developed by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Under the brand name of OpenVista[R], Medsphere offers a portfolio of products and professional services for hospitals, clinics and integrated delivery networks. The company addresses the capital constraints of the healthcare industry through an innovative subscription based pricing model. Medsphere's experienced team of healthcare technology professionals and unique suite of implementation tools deliver a fluid transition to a comprehensive healthcare information technology solution. For more information, visit http://www.medsphere.com. About Keane In business since 1965 and based in the United States, Keane is a global services firm that specializes in enabling transformation of its clients' business and IT functions. The transformation partner of choice for clients across a broad array of industries, Keane is unique in its passion for building satisfying and enduring relationships with clients. Keane's solutions - which comprise consulting, technology, and outsourcing services - are customized to address clients' industry-specific challenges and enable dramatic improvements in business performance. For more information on Keane's services portfolio, industry solutions, and global locations, visit www.keane.com. |
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